intersexual, a.
(ɪntəˈsɛksjuːəl)
[f. inter- 4 c + sexual a.]
1. Existing between the sexes.
| a 1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) viii. 108 The intersexual feeling which belongs to all animals. 1897 in H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex I. 183 This is quite as true of intersexual..love. 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. iii. 223 A subtle but potent intersexual influence is among the strongest factors of all adolescent sport. |
2. Biol. Typified by or having both male and female characteristics; having some characteristics proper to the other sex. Also absol. as n., an intersexual individual.
| 1916 [see intersexuality]. 1917 R. Goldschmidt in Endocrinology I. 438 With the male of race P, all would-be females will be high grade intersexuals, almost transformed into males. 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 51 Intersexual males—i.e. animals which have started as males and been forced to finish their development as females. 1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex xxi. 289 When the diagnosis of an intersexual state is deferred. 1965 Punch 10 Nov. 691/1 The intersexual goats are sterile. 1970 Guardian 7 Jan. 7/3 With..intersexuals, the problem begins at birth, for in rare cases it is uncertain from the genital organs whether a baby is a boy or a girl. |