ep·i·cene /ˈɛpəˌsin/
 (a.)通性的,有兩性特徵的陰陽人


 Ep·i·cene a. & n.
 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.

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