"belonging to or including both sexes," mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). English has no need of it in its grammatical sense. Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c. 1600; that of "effeminate" is from 1630s.
实用例句
1. Today, fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
今天服装的流行款式越来越中性了.来自辞典例句
2. Judy is an epicene person.
朱迪是个阴阳人.来自辞典例句
3. Mr. Green's epicene style of writing appeals to nobody.
