androgynous
pronunciation
How to pronounce androgynous in British English:
UK [ænˈdrɒdʒənəs]
How to pronounce androgynous in American English:
US [ænˈdrɑdʒənəs]
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- Adjective:
- having both male and female characteristics
Word Origin
- androgynous (adj.)
- 1620s, from Latin androgynus, from Greek androgynos "hermaphrodite, male and female in one; womanish man;" as an adjective (of baths) "common to men and women," from andros, genitive of aner "male" (see anthropo-) + gyne "woman" (see queen).
Example
- 1. It is one of the few trees that are androgynous .
- 2. And in less than a year , his androgynous look has landed him in the french , japanese and italian editions of vogue .
- 3. And you took your androgynous friend .
- 4. All great minds are androgynous .
- 5. You 've said in the past that you have a fluid sense of gender , and there are a lot of androgynous characters in your books .