The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.
The Adone strikes us at first sight as the supreme poem ofepicene voluptuousness.
In English grammar there are no true epicene nouns, but the term is sometimes used instead of common gender.
In figurative and literary language, epicene is an adjective applied to persons having the characteristics of both sexes, and hence is occasionally used as a synonym of "effeminate.
Their programme is to convert the whole world into an epicene institution---an epicene institution in which man and woman shall everywhere work side by side at the selfsame tasks and for the selfsame pay.
He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.
This I brought home, stuffed as full as my purse was empty; for the epicene old villain left it to me in all its plenitude--disdaining to touch it.
As a rule the epicene have soft voices and ingratiating manners, and are bold enough to make a direct appeal to the heart and emotions; they are considered the very cream of London society.
His beautifulepicene face, his boyish figure, his unearthly sensitiveness, haunt us as we read his lines.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "epicene" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: homosexual; neuter; unmanly
