hermaphroditic
/həɹˌmæf.ɹəˈdɪ.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
adj
Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
adj
Relating to the metaphysical integration of two complementary principles, often framed as masculine and feminine, active and receptive, solar and lunar, force and form, etc.
adj
Of, related to, or having both male and female connectability for fastening.
Example Sentences
- "Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles."
- "At twenty-five she [Clifton Baker] spoke all the most useful living languages and wrote the four most important dead ones. Eight letters (which she never by any chance used) after her hermaphroditic name were some evidence of a scientific grounding […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English hermaphrodite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hermaphroditic From hermaphrodite + -ic.