epicene / ˈɛp ɪˌsin /

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epicene2 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. lacking the typical characteristics of a particular gender or sex; sexless: Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
  2. flaccid; feeble; weak: an epicene style of writing.
  3. effeminate; unmasculine.
n. 名词 noun
  1. a person or thing that is epicene.

epicene 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

weak

更多epicene例句

  1. The courtiers were an effete and in some cases epicene crew.
  2. In English grammar there are no true epicene nouns, but the term is sometimes used instead of common gender.
  3. The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.
  4. This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
  5. What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?
  6. He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.