bisexous

English

Etymology

From Latin bis (“twice”) + sexus (“sex”). Compare French bissexe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /baɪˈsɛk.səs/

Adjective

bisexous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, biology) bisexual; hermaphroditic(having both male and female parts or functions)
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     may we also concede, that Hares have been of both sexes, and some have ocularly confirmed it; but that the whole species or kind should be bisexous or double-sexed, we cannot affirm

See also

• bisexuous

References

• “bisexous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.