hermaphroditize en · VERB
Etymology
From hermaphrodite + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make hermaphrodite.
Male Romantic poets hermaphroditize themselves "to seize the Delphic powers of feminine receptivity," but a female artist in this tradition, "sexually advantaged by birth, must extend her imperial reach in the other direction, […]
1997, Tom Winnifrith, Critical Essays on Emily Brontë, page 259:Some of them are known to masculinize or hermaphroditize the external genitalia of the female.
1972, John Money, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: The Differentiation and Dimorphism of Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hermaphroditizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hermaphroditized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hermaphroditized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hermaphroditizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |