hermaphroditic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /həɹˌmæf.ɹəˈdɪ.tɪk/
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
- (not-comparable) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
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(not-comparable) 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.
Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 106:
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(humorous, not-comparable) Unisex.
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 […]
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- (not-comparable) Of, related to, or having both male and female connectability for fastening.
Deriveds
euhermaphroditic · pseudohermaphroditic · hermaphroditically
Relateds
Synonyms
intersexual · hermaphrodite · ambisexual
Translations (44)
pl obojnacki (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nb hermafrodittisk (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nn tvikjønna (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · nb hermafrodittisk (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · eo ambaŭseksa (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nb tvekjønnet (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · fr androgyne (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · vo hihärmafroditanik jihärmafroditanik (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · vo härmafroditik (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · nb tvekjønna (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · tl balakihanin (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nn tvikjønna (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nb tvekjønnet (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · ca hermafrodita (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · tr erselik (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · cmn 雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的 (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · tr hermafrodit (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · tr erdişi (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · fr hermaphrodite (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · hu hermafrodita (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · eo hermafrodita (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · tr hermafrodit (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · el ερμαφρόδιτος (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · da hermafroditisk (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · tr hünsa (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · de hermaphroditisch (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nn hermafrodittisk (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · vo härmafroditanik (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · pl hermafrodytyczny (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · hu hímnős (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · tr erdişi (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · el ερμαφρόδιτος (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · tr erselik (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · de hermaphroditisch (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · sv hermafroditisk (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · fr hermaphrodite (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · tr hünsa (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · sv hermafroditisk (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · nn tvekjønna (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · nn tvitola (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nn hermafrodittisk (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism) · da hermafroditisk (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nn tvekjønna (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes) · nb tvekjønna (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)