androgyne
an androgynous person, such as one whose appearance is neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine.
a person whose gender identity is linked to androgyny, such as by being a blend of male and female or by being neither male nor female.
Older Use: Often Offensive. a person having reproductive characteristics of both sexes.
a mythical early form of human in which the sexes had not been divided into two separate categories, and instead each person was both male and female at the same time.
Botany. a plant having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence.
Origin of androgyne
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How to use androgyne in a sentence
androgyne/Androgynous - someone who neither identifies with, nor presents as, a man or woman.
What Each of Facebook’s 51 New Gender Options Means | Debby Herbenick PhD, Aleta Baldwin | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last point is brought within the scope of our inquiry because the Palladium is an androgyne order.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteThe scarab it must be remembered was in the Egyptian thought, an androgyne.
Scarabs | Isaac MyerFigures 51 to 60 are varions representations of the union of the four, the arba, the androgyne, or the linga-yoni.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism | Thomas InmanThese are representations of Ashtaroth—the androgyne deity in which the female predominates.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism | Thomas Inman
Sweat-born, egg-born and androgyne are the terms used in the Secret Doctrine.
The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria | W. Scott-Elliot
British Dictionary definitions for androgyne
/ (ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn) /
another word for hermaphrodite
Origin of androgyne
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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