hermaphrodite

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
adjective of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

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

On an Hermaphrodite from the Cape de Verde Islands. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright
He was half ignorant and half learned, like an hermaphrodite of Satan. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
She was a very taught-rigged hermaphrodite, or brig forward and schooner aft. — Great Pirate Stories, Unknown

intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person

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