Definitions for: Androgynous


[adj] having both male and female characteristics



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bisexual, epicene, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, intersexual, pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, unisex

Antonyms: female, male

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