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#123602 - 02/21/04 12:51 PM epicene
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Date: Wed May 2 00:01:43 EDT 2001 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--epicene epicene (EP-i-seen) adjective 1. Having characteristics of both sexes. 2. Effeminate. noun A person or object that is epicene. [From Middle English, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, epi- + koinos, common.] A nice way of saying something very insuling.
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#123603 - 02/21/04 01:08 PM Re: epicene
jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California	Epicœnus is also a grammatical term where a noun for an animal though the word is grammatically of one gender, it is used for both sexes of the animal.
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