Epicene \Ep"i*cene\, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ?; fr. 'epi` + ? common; cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]ne.]

1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. [1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. [1913 Webster]

The literary prigs epicene. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]

He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

epicene adj
1: having an ambiguous sexual identity [syn: bisexual]
2: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Epicene \Ep"i*cene\, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ?; fr. 'epi` + ? common; cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]ne.]

1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.

The literary prigs epicene. --Prof. Wilson.

He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. --J. A. Symonds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)