bisexous

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UK/baɪˈsɛk.səs/

adjective

Bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions).

OriginLatin bis →
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Meanings

adjectivebisexous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletebiologyBisexual, 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 affirm

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinbis“twice”
  2. Englishbisexous

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

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APA

bisexous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexous

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“bisexous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bisexous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexous.

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