单词 | hermaphroditic |
释义 | hermaphroditic, a.|-ˈdɪtɪk| [mod. f. Gr. ἑρµαϕρόδῑτ-ος hermaphrodite + -ic.] Belonging to or of the nature of a hermaphrodite (lit. and fig.); combining male and female characteristics.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. i. i, Looke on me, and with all thine eyes, Male, female, yea hermaphroditicke eyes. 1761Stiles in Phil. Trans. LV. 264 If the flowers of these plants be hermaphroditic. 1862Intell. Observ. No. 1. 31 Nearly all the flukes are hermaphroditic. b. In a more general sense: Combining any two opposite attributes or qualities.
1881Swinburne Misc. (1886) 222 The detestable as well as debateable land of pseudo-poetic rhapsody in hermaphroditic prose. |

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