Etymology

Adjective

1. lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine
2. effeminate — male with unusually strong female characteristics;
3. androgynous, hermaphrodite — having both male and female characteristics;
4. asexual — having neither male nor female characteristics;
5. having only one form of the word, which serves as both masculine and feminine, even for either male or female referents.

Noun

1. A hermaphrodite person or other creature
2. An effeminate person
3. An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms.
4. An epicene object