androgynous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
  2. adjective having both male and female characteristics

WordNet

An*drog"y*nous, An*drog"y*nal adjective (Also<
  • Androgynous
  • Androgynal
)
Etymology
L. androgynus, Gr. , , man + woman: cf. F. androgyne.
Definitions
  1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen.
    The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.
  2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Webster 1913