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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.
  3. possessing both male and female physical sex traits.
  4. Botany. having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence.


androgynous

/ æˈɒɪə /

adjective

  1. botany having male and female flowers in the same inflorescence, as cuckoo pint
  2. having male and female characteristics; hermaphrodite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

androgynous

/ ă-ŏə-ə /

  1. Having both female and male characteristics.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Dz··Բ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of androgynous1

First recorded in 1620–30; androgyne + -ous
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Example Sentences

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The purposefully androgynous and symmetrical design allows for infinite styling combinations — stack your Ice Cube bracelets or rings for an extra dazzling effect.

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The production is low-tech and homespun and Gigi's vocals are androgynous to the point where many listeners were surprised to find it was a song about two women in love.

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His androgynous looks were more in harmony with the direction the music industry was progressing in 2016.

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If Link is a cipher, an increasingly androgynous hero meant to be a stand-in for players the world over, Princess Zelda in “Echoes of Wisdom” feels more fully drawn.

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Teifi, who describes androgynous Anniben as a "drag thing", said their performances were conceptual and unlike the cabaret style performances typical of drag queens.

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