Dictionary

androgenous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English androgen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English androgenous From androgen + -ous.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
   • The Leydig cells play a primary role in synthesis of androgenous hormones in gonochoristic fish. 1983, B.J. Duchac et al., “Electron microscopical studies of gonads in primary and secondary males of protogynous hermaphroditic fish”, in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, →DOI:
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of androgynous.
   alt of androgynous
   • It would be a bad day for bears, though, if the contentious instruments of sexism were to surface in the world of arctophilia. Teddy bears are on the whole remarkably androgenous figures, as dressing them in different styles of clothes will demonstrate. 1996, Peter Ford, Teddy Bears, page 13:

Forms

Deriveds

androgenously

Translations (1)

fr androgène (Translations)