hermaphroditic

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. not-comparable
  2. Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes. not-comparable
  3. Relating to the metaphysical integration of two complementary principles, often framed as masculine and feminine, active and receptive, solar and lunar, force and form, etc. not-comparable
    — Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.
  4. Unisex. humorous,not-comparable
    — At twenty-five she [Clifton Baker] spoke all the most useful living languages and wrote the four most important dead ones. Eight letters (which she never by any chance used) after her hermaphroditic name were some evidence of a scientific grounding […]

词汇关系

近义词
hermaphrodite intersexual ambisexual
衍生词
euhermaphroditic hermaphroditically pseudohermaphroditic
相关词
androgynous

词源

Etymology tree
English hermaphrodite
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English hermaphroditic
From hermaphrodite + -ic.
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