Meaning of ambisextrous | Babel Free
/ˌæm.biˈsɛk.stɹəs/Definitions
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Bisexual. humorous, offensive, sometimes
- Epicene; androgynous.
- Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine, elements.
Examples
“His hips were jaunty, And his gestures too dextrous. A versatile lad! He was ambisextrous.”
“Ivor was ambisextrous and loved women physically, too.”
““One of those what?” “You know, ambisextrous.” “Let's just say Faith loves beauty, whatever its form.””
“She had numerous heterosexual affairs but considered herself “ambisextrous.””
““Yatakang?” said the purser of the express, an elegant young biv-type sporting ambisextrous shoulder-long bangs.”
“The embryogenesis of such male-directed stromal cells remains a puzzle, and it can be only theorized that it represents masculine differentiation of the mesenchyme derived from the embryonic “ambisextrous” primitive gonads.”
“Throughout the text the terms ‘he’, ‘him’, ‘his’, should be taken to be ‘ambisextrous’ and to refer to ‘him’ and ‘her’.”
“One searches to see whether the author [of “He created them male and female”, Genesis 5:2] meant to say that man was at the start ambisextrous […]”
““So you think, wonderful woman; but you're so utterly unlike your sisters in that particular. You're ambisextrous, do you know that?””
“My signature with either hand is the same. I’m ambidextrous, ambisextrous. I’m intermediate sex.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.