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bisexous

UK/baɪˈsɛk.səs/

bisexous adjective: bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions).

Adjective

bisexous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions).
    • may we also concede, that Hares have been of both sexes, and some have ocularly confirmed it; but that the whole species or kind should be bisexous or double-sexed, we cannot affirm1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of bisexous

From Latin bis (“twice”) + sexus (“sex”). Compare French bissexe.

Questions about bisexous

What does bisexous mean?
Bisexous means bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions).
What part of speech is bisexous?
Bisexous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bisexous?
Bisexous is pronounced /baɪˈsɛk.səs/ (UK).

Words near bisexous in the dictionary

  1. biset
  2. bisetose
  3. bisetous
  4. bisets
  5. bisexed
  6. bisexous
  7. bisexual
  8. bisexual lighting
  9. bisexual lightings
  10. bisexual marriage
  11. bisexualism

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