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Spehro Pefhany
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:38 am
Post subject: Re: Does the word "hermaphrodite" have an antonym? |
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On 3 Nov 2005 14:17:41 -0800, the renowned "Iain"
<iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote:
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What's the antonym of "hermaphrodite"
Ahermaphrodite.
No doubt someone will say this is suggested with ill deserved
confidence, but it truly does not appear whimsical, I.M.O.
~Iain
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Indeed, it seems laden with awhimsicality.
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Spehro Pefhany
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The Grammer Genious
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:00 am
Post subject: Re: Does the word "hermaphrodite" have an antonym? |
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Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote
| Quote: | andrewspencers@yahoo.com wrote:
What's the antonym of "hermaphrodite"
Ahermaphrodite.
No doubt someone will say this is suggested with ill deserved
confidence, but it truly does not appear whimsical, I.M.O.
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Maybe not whimsical, but also not well-formed.
Anhermaphrodite. (Cf. hydrous/anhydrous, harmonic/anharmonic) |
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Iain
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:06 pm
Post subject: Re: Does the word "hermaphrodite" have an antonym? |
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The Grammer Genious wrote:
| Quote: | Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote
andrewspencers@yahoo.com wrote:
What's the antonym of "hermaphrodite"
Ahermaphrodite.
No doubt someone will say this is suggested with ill deserved
confidence, but it truly does not appear whimsical, I.M.O.
Maybe not whimsical, but also not well-formed.
Anhermaphrodite. (Cf. hydrous/anhydrous, harmonic/anharmonic)
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Perhaps Anhermaphrodic is better? Otherwise it just sounds like "An
herm..."
~Iain
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shellecasey
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:16 am
Post subject: It does have an antonym |
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| The opposite of hermaphroditic is gonochoric- having separate sexes. |
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