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 == As An Adjective ==
-Epicene as an adjective describes "that which exhibits characteristics of both genders, yet is neither". It was historically used to describe effeminacy in men and, less commonly, unfeminine behavior in women. It is generally used interchangeably with [[Androgyne|androgynous]].
+Epicene as an adjective describes "that which exhibits characteristics of [male and female], yet is neither". It was historically used to describe effeminate behavior in men and, less commonly, unfeminine behavior in women. It was generally used interchangeably with [[Androgyne|androgynous]].
-In linguistics, epicene is used to describe a word that has only one form for both male and female version of the word. It is not usually used in the context of English, where there is no grammatical gender, but in languages where nouns have gender by default, an epicene word is abnormal.
+In linguistics, epicene is used to describe a word that has only one form for both the male and female versions of the word. It is not typically used in the context of English, where there is no grammatical gender, but in languages where nouns have gender by default, an epicene word is considered abnormal.
 Gender neutral [[neopronouns]] are sometimes called epicene pronouns. Epicene is also occasionally used to describe [[bisexual]] or [[pansexual]] attraction.