He was an epicene when he was a child; now, he has grown to become a coveted bachelor. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene. ,an epicene style of writing. From Dictionary.com.
The kind of looks called epicene, a beauty as much feminine as masculine, and such amazing coloring!. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
His face was as much feminine as masculine, of that kind called epicene, and Carmine doubted that the double-sexed look would vanish as he grew older. From Wordnik.com. [TOO MANY MURDERS] Reference
Lipoksha spoke again, in that epicene, effeminate voice. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
Sometimes by this time of night the epicene riders come out. From Wordnik.com. [BSYNC Friday Fun Quiz!] Reference
Say the word "English", and on minces a monster of effeteness with an epicene flunky. From Wordnik.com. [Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carré] Reference
There is also a person with an epicene name who claims to be with "former Chicago Tribune.". From Wordnik.com. [The Herd of Independent Minds] Reference
This passage occurs in the middle of a 3-page discussion of epicene ‘they’ in Modern English. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Spurious Grammatical “Rules” of Every Sort Are My Abhorrence] Reference
For all her make-up and her somewhat outspoken costume, she struck him as spinsterish — even epicene. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
I was glad he was nice too, but somehow the whole shenanigan needed a more epicene touch to complete it for me. From Wordnik.com. [Pansy Hits Manhattan] Reference
Fellows are also excluded to a man, as well as all Inamaratos, or persons of the epicene gender, who gaze at one another in the presence of ladies. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
More importantly, is it wrong to hope that my Indian-Ocean sailing medievalist literary critic is also either epicene or callipygian, or maybe even both/and?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
There is also Mr. Eugenides, the Smyrna merchant, who, as Robb points out, helps to keep both international trade going and a richly epicene literature alive. From Wordnik.com. [Sex & the City] Reference
He had came remembering the elegant, epicene favorite; devoted certainly, he had not doubted that, but still, a frivolity, the plaything of two kings 'leisure. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Of course the whole thing was not improved by my being in the middle of a grim, sulky, epicene sort of phase – an adolescent extension of my childhood inertia. From Wordnik.com. ['Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History'] Reference
As a rule the epicene have soft voices and ingratiating manners, and are bold enough to make a direct appeal to the heart and emotions; they are considered the very cream of. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference
Subject and object pronominal forms corefer only when outside the antecedent clause domain; when they did, these were, as predicted, more likely to use the epicene/plural form. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Spurious Grammatical “Rules” of Every Sort Are My Abhorrence] Reference
Just who are those who enjoy the epicene on the stage?. From Wordnik.com. [Bertram Cope's Year] Reference
But this epicene state of enjoyment was not long to last. From Wordnik.com. [Rattlin the Reefer] Reference
And, indeed, there was nothing of the too-prevalent epicene in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Cardinal's Snuff-Box] Reference
He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
But a liberal-minded public grew more and more in favor of epicene colleges. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
The models stormed the runway in a dance on the periphery of, what I could call, epicene. From Wordnik.com. [On the Runway] Reference
Could Michael Cera be getting more vaporous with each repeat of his epicene screen persona?. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com] Reference
Well, Rory had a certain epicene handsomeness in his youth, and was rumoured to frequent the. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Celadon (Andy Gillet) is a shepherd of epicene beauty, in love with Astrea (Stéphanie Creyancour). From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
His beautiful epicene face, his boyish figure, his unearthly sensitiveness, haunt us as we read his lines. From Wordnik.com. [Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions] Reference
But except for the weirdly epicene Cob, the characters fail to transcend generic types, and their expressions tend to be blank. From Wordnik.com. [GhibliWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It has been said of him that he was too epicene, too gentle, and indeed, if he had a fault as a commander, it lay in that direction. From Wordnik.com. [A soldier's recollections : leaves from the diary of a young Confederate : with an oration on the motives and aims of the soldiers of the South,] Reference
From behind the headstone came the now ambiguous and epicene figure of the Wilbur twin, contorted to hold together the back of his waist. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Twin] Reference
Devoid of the energy of a large and free imagination, art dwindles into an epicene odalisque, a faded minion of pleasure in a perfumed garden. From Wordnik.com. [Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations] Reference
"Gethsemane," to be sure, is never dull, and it's extremely funny when Pip Carter takes command, playing Otto Fallon's faintly epicene 20-something sidekick, Frank. From Wordnik.com. [Alanat News] Reference
Yet as an epicene in a tough Irish immigrant community, an obviously creative child in a school without drama, art, or dance classes of any kind, Morrissey came by his. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
Now, of course, I assumed at first that I had been asked to appear because of my own delicate, epicene, almost feminine beauty which has, however, become more rugged in my 40s. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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