a. & n. [ L. epicoenus, Gr. &unr_;; fr. 'epi` + &unr_; common; cf. F. épicène. ] 1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]