different between androgynous vs hermaphroditus

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