Dictionary

morphodite en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (slang) Hermaphrodite.
   • Atticus strolled over to Miss Maudie’s sidewalk, where they engaged in an arm-waving conversation, the only phrase of which I caught was “…erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus, you’ll never raise ’em!” 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird:
2. (dated, derogatory, slang) Any person exhibiting sexual or gender divergence, such as a transvestite or homosexual.
   • [Recounting an event from 1926] The rest of the summer I'd get a bit of head on from the Speakeasy's Special […] and scuffle around with the guys in front of the Cribs. On the way home, one of the guys who had noticed I hadn't gone in with the rest of them, gave me what turned out to be a "pat" lecture on not letting those murfadites get near me or get me drunk. 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 16:

Forms

Deriveds

morphadite · morphodyke · morph