epicoene

See also: epicœne

English

Adjective

epicoene (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of epicene.
   • [1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 525:

     Epicoene, or The ſilent VVoman. A comœdie. [title page]

     The character of Epicoene turns out to be a boy dressed as a woman.]

   • 1862, James Hadley, “Nouns”, in A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges, New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, part second (Inflection), paragraph 118, page 32:

     In many names of animals, the same word with the same gender is used for both sexes: ἡ ἁλὠπηξ the fox, male or female. These are said to be epicoene.

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