HERMAPHRODITE

PRONUNCIATION: (huhr-MAH-fruh-dyt)

MEANING: noun: 1. An animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs.
2. Someone or something having opposite qualities or characteristics.
adjective: 1. Having both male and female reproductive organs.
2. Having opposite qualities or characteristics.

ETYMOLOGY: After Hermaphroditus, a blend of Hermes + Aphroditus. Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes (who also gave us hermeneutic and hermetic) and Aphrodite (who gave us aphrodisiac). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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HERAPHRODITE - another portmanteau word - Paris couldn't make up his mind who was the fairest (but in any case it wasn't Athena)

HARM APHRODITE - Couldn't happen. She was a Goddess, y'know.

HER MAP: HERODITE - Her chart of all the King's construction projects in Judea was from around the time of the birth of Christ