Definition of ANDROGYNOUS

androgynous

Adjective

  • relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
  • having both male and female characteristics

Adj

  • Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
  • Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
  • Possessing qualities of both sexes.
  • 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.

Examples

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

Origin / Etymology

From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭnos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to andro- + gyno- + -ous.

Antonyms

female, male

Scrabble Score: 16

androgynous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
androgynous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
androgynous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

androgynous: valid Words With Friends Word