androgynousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/
• 韻: -ɒdʒɪnəs

形容詞

androgynous (comparative more androgynous, superlative most androgynous)

1. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes. [from the earlier 17th c.]
2. Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
   • 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 199:

     My name is androgynous, in pronunciation at least – Lauren sounds like the more masculine Loren.

   Nicknames like Pat, Sam, and Chris are androgynous, used by both men and women.

3. Possessing qualities of both sexes.
   • 1835, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk
4. (of a connector または docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.

   APAS is an androgynous docking system, so - in principle, at least - any APAS-equipped vehicle should be able to hook up with any other, without having to worry about matching male with female ports.

同意語

• epicene; hermaphrodite (sometimes proscribed)

関連する語

• androgyne
• androgyny
• androgynoplasty

参考

• genderqueer
• gender bender
• hermaphroditic
• intersex
• monogendered
• shehe