Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epicoene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epi-coene
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of epicene.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Epicoene, or The ſilent VVoman. A comœdie. [title page]"
"In many names of animals, the same word with the same gender is used for both sexes: ἡ ἁλὠπηξ the fox, male or female. These are said to be epicoene."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does epicoene mean?: Obsolete form of epicene.

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