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Is epicene a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word epicene is a Scrabble US word. The word epicene is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

E1P3I1C3E1N1E1

Is epicene a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word epicene is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

E1P3I1C3E1N1E1

Is epicene a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word epicene is a Words With Friends word. The word epicene is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

EPICENE,

6-letter words (2 found)

PICENE,PIECEN,

5-letter words (5 found)

NIECE,PEECE,PENCE,PENIE,PIECE,

4-letter words (13 found)

CEPE,CINE,EINE,EPEE,EPIC,NEEP,NICE,PEEN,PEIN,PENE,PENI,PICE,PINE,

3-letter words (15 found)

CEE,CEP,EEN,ENE,ICE,NEE,NEP,NIE,NIP,PEC,PEE,PEN,PIC,PIE,PIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EN,IN,NE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from epicene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of epicene

epicene

Etymology

From Late Middle English epicene, epicen, epicin, epcyn, episcen, epycen, epycene, epycyn, ypsen (“(grammar) having only one form for masculine and feminine gender, common”), from Late Latin epicoenos, epicoenus (“of a noun: applicable to either males or females”), Latin epicoenon (“noun applicable to either males or females; grammatical gender of such nouns”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛp.ɪˌsiːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛp.əˌsin/
  • Hyphenation: epi‧cene

Adjective

epicene (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
  2. (linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
    Synonym: common
  3. (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
  4. (biology and figuratively) Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.
    Synonyms: gynandromorphic, gynandrous
  5. (by extension) Indeterminate; mixed.
  6. (by extension, usually derogatory) Of a man: effeminate.

Alternative forms

  • epicœne, epicoene (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • epicene pronoun
  • epicenism
  • epicenity

Translations

Noun

epicene (plural epicenes)

  1. (linguistics) An epicene word; preceded by the: the epicene words of a language as a class.
  2. (biology and figuratively) An epicene person, whether biologically asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; an androgyne, a hermaphrodite. [from 17th c.]
  3. (by extension) A transsexual; also, a transvestite.
  4. (by extension, usually derogatory) An effeminate man.

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References

Further reading

  • epicenity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃɛ.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ɛne
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧cè‧ne

Adjective

epicene

  1. feminine plural of epiceno

Source: wiktionary.org