Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

androgony

/ænˈdɹɒɡəni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-dro-gony
IPA: /ænˈdɹɒɡəni/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The genesis of man, or a narrative of this.

Uncountable

noun

Misspelling of androgyny.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] he claims, we obtain a theogony, an androgony and a cosmogony, recounting the evolution of the three different Worlds. The 'theogony' is a disquisition on the Trinity, which Papus takes to be not a peculiarly Christian doctrine, but one shared by many religious [groups]."
"A serious study of Rabbinic androgony and cosmogony is an urgent desideratum; for the present, see E. E. Urbach's chapter on creation in HaZaL; Gary A. Anderson, The Genesis of Perfection: Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination (Louisville, 2001); and[…]"

Etymology

From andro- + -gony.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

androgonies (plural)

Rhymes With

mahogany

Questions

How do you pronounce androgony?: The recorded pronunciation is /ænˈdɹɒɡəni/.
What does androgony mean?: The genesis of man, or a narrative of this.
Where does androgony come from?: From andro- + -gony.

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