androgynous
androgynous
Definition
an·drogy·nous (an drä′jə nəs)
adjective
- both male and female in one; hermaphroditic
- Bot. bearing both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence or cluster
- of or marked by a blend of male and female characteristics, roles, etc. an androgynous culture
- designating or of something that is not differentiated as to sex androgynous clothing
Etymology: L androgynus < Gr androgynos: see andro- & -gynous
an·drog′y·ny (-jə nē) noun
androgynous
Synonyms
androgynous
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- figure: A figure in white descends a staircase to lecture two androgynous figures in baby clothes.
- look: His androgynous looks and get up have earned Brian Molko quite a reputation for being notorious.
- woman: Meg asks Lizzie why Hannah has the frame which held Sid's photo, which now holds a snapshot of an ambiguously androgynous woman.
- singer: Apart from an androgynous singer, a sackful of killer lines and some seriously messed-up pop songs, there's also The Voice.
- appearance: The sixties also saw the advent of ' unisex ' , many youngsters taking on an androgynous appearance.
- name: Fortunately we gave her an androgynous name tho the spelling stuck.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: Like upwardly mobile, young, I don't know, slightly androgynous... SP: Driven.
- quite: I was drawn to her a because she was an unusual woman - quite androgynous then and did material I still think is great.
- highly: Are highly androgynous men happy to change a baby's diapers?
- also: The figure is also androgynous, that state of the Spirit where the Opposites are transcended.
Used with adjective complement
- become: We girls could emulate men only by becoming androgynous, and once grown into women even this escape is denied us.
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