English Explanatory Dictionary

neutrois

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

Pronunciation

/ˈnjutɹɑː/ /-tɹɔɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-neutrois.wav

Word forms

neutrois

Etymology

Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.

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