hermaphroditic

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English hermaphrodite

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English hermaphroditic

From hermaphrodite + -ic.

not comparable Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
not comparable Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
not comparable 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. Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.
humorous, not comparable Unisex. 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 […]
not comparable Of, related to, or having both male and female connectability for fastening.