androgynous

[ an-droj-uh-nuh s ]

/ ænˈdrɒdʒ ə nəs /

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adjective

being both male and female; hermaphroditic.

having both masculine and feminine characteristics.

having an ambiguous sexual identity.

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

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

Nearby words

androgenous, androgeus, androgyne, androgynism, androgynophore, androgynous, androgyny, android, android pelvis, andrology, andromache

Origin of androgynous

First recorded in 1620–30; androgyne + -ous

Related forms

an·drog·y·ny, noun

Can be confused

androgenous androgynous

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Examples from the Web for androgynous

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The marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill.
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Nor has there been a lack of a strange taste in partners, most notably the case of the androgynous Mrs. Simpson and Edward VIII.
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Being “androgynous” can refer to having both masculine and feminine qualities.
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The androgynous Le Smoking suit brought empowerment to women that was once only associated with men.
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After these, the androgynous being, called the Venus of Arles, is scarcely worthy of being mentioned.
Beauty|Alexander Walker
Here devout worshippers believe that the androgynous God of fertility, or Nature, still manifests itself to the faithful.
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For the androgynous woman despises every approach to coquetry, as she despises all the other insignia of feminine servitude.
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Once before when he bore Sleipner with the giant horse Svadilfare, Loke had revealed his androgynous nature.
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3|Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
It does not appear that the cult of the Greek androgynous deities entered seriously into the religious life of the people.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy

British Dictionary definitions for androgynous

androgynous

/ (ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs) /

adjective

botany having male and female flowers in the same inflorescence, as cuckoo pint

having male and female characteristics; hermaphrodite

Derived Forms

androgyny, noun

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Science definitions for androgynous

androgynous

[ ăn-drŏj′ə-nəs ]

Having both female and male characteristics.

Related forms

androgyny noun (ăn-drŏj′ə-nē)