androgynous


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
androgynous /anˈdrɒdʒɪnəs/
adjective partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.

■ hermaphrodite.

– derivatives
androgyny noun.
– origin C17 (earlier (C16) as androgyne): via L. androgynus from Gk androgunos (from anēr, andr- ‘man’ + gunē ‘woman’) + -ous.
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