androgynous

[ an-droj-uh-nuhs ]

adjective
  1. neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance: Their new clothing collection is inspired by the androgynous look of many rock stars.

  2. having an ambiguous gender or having both masculine and feminine gender characteristics.

  1. possessing both male and female physical sex traits.

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

Origin of androgynous

1
First recorded in 1620–30; androgyne + -ous

Other words from androgynous

  • an·drog·y·ny, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for androgynous

androgynous

/ (ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs) /


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

  2. having male and female characteristics; hermaphrodite

Derived forms of androgynous

  • androgyny, noun

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Scientific definitions for androgynous

androgynous

[ ăn-drŏjə-nəs ]


  1. Having both female and male characteristics.

Other words from androgynous

  • androgyny noun (ăn-drŏjə-nē)

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