different between androgynous vs androgyny

English

Etymology

From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (andrógunos), from ???? (an?r, “man”) +? ???? (gun?, “woman”) +? -?? (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn?d??d??.?n.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn?d??d??.?n.?s/
• Rhymes: -?d??n?s

Adjective

androgynous (comparative more androgynous, superlative most androgynous)

1. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes. [from the earlier 17th c.]
2. Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.

3. Possessing qualities of both sexes.
   • September 1, 1832, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talk

     The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.

4. (of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.

Synonyms

• epicene; hermaphrodite (sometimes proscribed)

Related terms

• androgyne
• androgyny

Translations

See also

• genderqueer
• gender bender
• hermaphroditic
• intersex
• shehe

English

Alternative forms

• androgony

Etymology

From andro- +? -gyny. See androgynous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn?d??d??ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn?d??d??ni/

Noun

androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)

1. Hermaphroditism.
2. The state of having traits of both male and female genders. [from the mid 19th century]
3. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.

Related terms

• androgynous

Translations