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hermaphrodite

/hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
her-maph-ro-dite
IPA
/hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.

Dated; Offensive

noun

Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.

noun

Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.

noun

A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.

Dated; Offensive

noun

A hermaphrodite brig.

noun

A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.

noun

An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

adj

Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.

Dated; Offensive

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hermaphrodites (plural)

Derived Forms

androhermaphrodite euhermaphrodite hermaphrodism hermaphroditish hermaphroditism hermaphroditize herm pseudohermaphrodite

Phrases

false hermaphrodite two-spirit

Frequently Paired Words

berdache two-spirit genderqueer

Synonyms

maphrodite morphodite mophrodite androgyne gynandromorph dichogamous cosexual intersex androgynous hermaphroditic ambisexual

Questions

How do you pronounce hermaphrodite?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/.
What does hermaphrodite mean?
A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
Where does hermaphrodite come from?
From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

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