epicene

How To Use epicene In A Sentence

• Among my favorites are the triumphant warrior Fortinbras represented by a pair of barefoot drips in angel costume, he blond and epicene, she a redheaded virago.
• He was also a eunuch of such beauty that the sultan fell for his epicene handsomeness and appointed him his senior commander.
• Their gestures, facial expressions, and vocal intonations render them stereotypically gay or epicene.
• In the haunting, even epicene strains of the suite's final entry in E flat minor, the high beams of his immaturity shine so bright as to burn a hole in its very fabric.
• Many in the military, more bluntly, have a stereotype of gays as mincing, epicene "others" —a cartoon image which, the Pentagon survey shows, overwhelmingly evaporates on personal acquaintance.
• The editor, or _editress_, (for we doubt whether the former is epicene,) of this elegant little volume is the lady of Mr. A.aric A. Watts, the editor of the _Literary Souvenir_. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828
• Puss teams up with Humpty Dumpty a creepily epicene ovoid voiced with eerie plaintiveness by Zach Galifianakis to repay an old debt by stealing some magic beans from Jack and Jill. 'Like Crazy': From Cupid's Blunders, Wonders
• For someone who has spent much of his life perfecting an image of epicene other-worldliness, he now bears startlingly normal hallmarks of a bloke you'd enjoy talking to down the pub.
• There are also putti riding dolphins and angels with fluttering tunics pressing against their epicene bodies.
• The Transbad Saints, on the other hand, are a slick crowd of phoneys led by the posturing, epicene Helmet Al Weaver, who steal a No 1 hit from Keva and head for the States. Powder – review