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Epicene is an English word with synonyms like bisexual or unmanly. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Epicene in a sentence

Epicene meaning

  1. Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
  2. Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
  3. Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.

Synonyms of Epicene

bisexual unmanful unmanly sissy sissyish sissified cissy emasculate effeminate androgynous unmanlike

Related words

Other words often associated with Epicene or its synonyms:

manly male weaken milquetoast hermaphroditic heterosexual unisex castrate fearful intersexual sterilise female

Using Epicene

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.). | Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents. | Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
  • Useful related words include: bisexual, unmanful, unmanly, sissy.

Context around Epicene

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

journalist 1× haired 1× essentially 1×

Often after:

wildeblood 1× perverts 1×

Sentence patterns with Epicene

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fictional journalist epicene wildeblood at 1× is essentially epicene and social 1× oily haired epicene perverts 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the fictional journalist 1× the priests have 1× the theory was 1×

Common sentence endings:

are arbitrarily constructed 1× haired epicene perverts 1× to the illuminatus 1×

Words around Epicene

Just before it in the word index:

epically 11 epica 2 epic 2.004 epiblast 4 epiandrosterone 2 epiafric 3

Just after it in the word index:

epicenter 274 epicenters 16 epicentre 172 epicentres 8 epicharmus 3 epicness 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Epicene

  • In this selection, "epicene" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, journalist, haired, essentially, wildeblood and perverts stand out and add context to how "epicene" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fictional journalist epicene wildeblood at and is essentially epicene and social. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "epicene" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with epicene

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The theory was that human nature is essentially epicene and social distinctions based on sex are arbitrarily constructed. (18 words)

The fictional journalist Epicene Wildeblood at one point is required to critique a book uncannily similar to The Illuminatus! (19 words)

The priests have big noses and gnarly faces, lumpish bodies, yellow teeth; Herod Antipas and his court are a bizarre collection of oily-haired, epicene perverts. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

The priests have big noses and gnarly faces, lumpish bodies, yellow teeth; Herod Antipas and his court are a bizarre collection of oily-haired, epicene perverts. (26 words)

The fictional journalist Epicene Wildeblood at one point is required to critique a book uncannily similar to The Illuminatus! (19 words)

The theory was that human nature is essentially epicene and social distinctions based on sex are arbitrarily constructed. (18 words)

Exclamation examples

The fictional journalist Epicene Wildeblood at one point is required to critique a book uncannily similar to The Illuminatus! (19 words)

Example sentences (3)

The fictional journalist Epicene Wildeblood at one point is required to critique a book uncannily similar to The Illuminatus!

The priests have big noses and gnarly faces, lumpish bodies, yellow teeth; Herod Antipas and his court are a bizarre collection of oily-haired, epicene perverts.

The theory was that human nature is essentially epicene and social distinctions based on sex are arbitrarily constructed.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "epicene" in a sentence?
An example: "The fictional journalist Epicene Wildeblood at one point is required to critique a book uncannily similar to The Illuminatus!" This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "epicene" from authentic English texts.
What does "epicene" mean?
Epicene means: Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
What are synonyms of "epicene"?
Common synonyms of "epicene" include: bisexual, unmanful, unmanly, sissy, sissyish, sissified, cissy, emasculate. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "epicene" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "epicene", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.