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hermaphroditical

hermaphroditical is the alternative form of hermaphroditic.

Meaning of hermaphroditic

Adjective

hermaphroditic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
  2. Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
  3. 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.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 106
  4. (humorous) 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 […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  5. Of, related to, or having both male and female connectability for fastening.

Forms of hermaphroditical

comparativemore hermaphroditical
superlativemost hermaphroditical

Questions about hermaphroditical

What is hermaphroditical the alternative form of?
Hermaphroditical is the alternative form of hermaphroditic.

Words near hermaphroditical in the dictionary

  1. hermaphrodite
  2. hermaphrodite brig
  3. hermaphrodite brigs
  4. hermaphrodites
  5. hermaphroditic
  6. hermaphroditical
  7. hermaphroditically
  8. hermaphroditish
  9. hermaphroditism
  10. hermaphroditisms
  11. hermaphroditize

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