androgynous Syllabification: (an·drog·y·nous)Pronunciation: /anˈdräjənəs/Translate androgynous | into German Definition of androgynous adjective partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex. having the physical characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite. Derivatives androgynously adverb androgynyPronunciation: /-nē/ noun Origin: early 17th century: from Latin androgynus (see androgyne) + -ousandrogynous in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of androgynous in the British & World English dictionary