Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.First known use the early 17th c.
- not comparablebiologyPossessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
- not comparableRelating 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 - humorousnot comparableUnisex.
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 - not comparableengineeringOf, related to, or having both male and female connectability for fastening.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to monoclinous plants
adjectiveof animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan hermafrodita
- hermafroditabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Chinese Mandarin 雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的
- 雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的 (cíxióng tóng tǐ de)biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Danish hermafroditisk, hermafroditisk
- hermafroditiskof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermafroditiskbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Esperanto hermafrodita, ambaŭseksa
- hermafroditabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- ambaŭseksabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
French hermaphrodite, hermaphrodite
- hermaphroditeof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermaphroditebiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- androgynebiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
German hermaphroditisch, hermaphroditisch
- hermaphroditischof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermaphroditischbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Greek ερμαφρόδιτος, ερμαφρόδιτος
- ερμαφρόδιτος (ermafróditos)of or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- ερμαφρόδιτος (ermafróditos)biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Hungarian hímnős, hermafrodita
- hímnősbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- hermafroditabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Norwegian Bokmål hermafrodittisk, tvekjønna
- hermafrodittiskof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- tvekjønnaof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- tvekjønnetof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermafrodittiskbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- tvekjønnabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- tvekjønnetbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Polish hermafrodytyczny, obojnacki
- hermafrodytycznyof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- obojnackibiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Swedish hermafroditisk, hermafroditisk
- hermafroditiskof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermafroditiskbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Tagalog balakihanin
- balakihaninbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Turkish erdişi, erselik
- erdişiof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- erselikof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hermafroditof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- hünsaof or pertaining to hermaphrodism
- erdişibiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- erselikbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- hünsabiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
- hermafroditbiology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes
Cite this entry
hermaphroditic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditic
“hermaphroditic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hermaphroditic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermaphroditic.
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