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Definition of "androgyne" [androgyne]

  • An androgynous individual. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "androgyne" in a sentence
  • "Looniest of all are the two Dromios, Nance Williamson and Gabra Zackman, whom Mr. Rhoads and Amy Clark, the costume designer, have made over in the surreal image of Pat, the androgyne played by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live.""
  • "Subsequently the NTPA was formed and it is hoped that we now exist to represent and provide support to serving and retired Police Officers, Police Staff and Special Constables with any gender identity issue including, but not exclusively, Trans men, Trans women, people who are Transgender, androgyne or intersex and people who cross dress"
  • "Vividly evoked exoticism, the queasy link between space travel and sex - polymorphous perversity the only human link androgyne astronauts can hope for - and sheer narrative pace."