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an·drog·y·nous

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–adjective

1.	being both male and female; hermaphroditic.

2.	having both masculine and feminine characteristics.

3.	having an ambiguous sexual identity.

4.	neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance: the androgynous look of many rock stars.

5.	Botany. having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence.

[Origin: 1620–30; androgyne + -ous

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—Related forms

an·drog·y·ny, noun

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an·drog·y·nous Audio Help (ān-drŏj'ə-nəs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.

[From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gunē, woman; see -gynous.]

an·drog'y·nous·ly adv., an·drog'y·ny (-ə-nē) n.

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androgynous

1628, from L. androgynus, from Gk. androgynos, "male and female in one," from andros gen. of aner "male" + gyne "woman" (see queen). Androgyne is attested from 1552.

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androgynous
adjective
1.	relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
2.	having both male and female characteristics [ant: male, female]

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androgynous Audio Help (ān-drŏj'ə-nəs) Pronunciation Key
Having both female and male characteristics.

androgyny noun (ān-drŏj'ə-nē)

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Main Entry: an·drog·y·nous
Pronunciation: an-'dräj-&-n&s
Function: adjective
: having the characteristics or nature of both male and female —an·drog·y·ny /-nE/ noun plural -nies

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Androgynous

An*drog"y*nous\, Androgynal \An*drog"y*nal\, a. [L. androgynus, Gr. ?; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne.]

1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. --Owen.

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. --Coleridge.

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

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