neutrois
English
Etymology
Ostensibly coined by H. A. Burnham in 1995[1] as a self-description, see also the quotation from 1996. Compare neuter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu.tɹɑː/, /nu.tɹɔɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɔɪs
Adjective
neutrois (not comparable)
- (rare, of a person) Having a null or neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced signs of physical sex.
- 1996 December 3, <GoSpangs@aol.com>, “You Can Never Go Home”, in soc.support.transgendered, Usenet, retrieved 2021-10-10:
- "To question my behavior is to deny your own." -Holly A. Burnham […] Neutrois Revolution!
- [2005, Matt Kailey, Just Add Hormones: an insider's guide to the transsexual experience:
- In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois.]
- [2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 145:
- A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options — neutrois, two spirit, bigender . . . any colour you like, Mr Ford.]
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Synonyms
- agender
Hypernyms
- genderqueer
References
- “Frequently Asked Questions”, in Neutrois Outpost, accessed 2021-10-10, archived from the original on 2001-03-07: “Neutrois means non-gendered class. It was originally coined by H.A. Burnham, in 1995. Ze formed it to give a name to hirself, and other people with feelings of gender absence and resulting misalignment.”
Anagrams
- routines, rutinose, snoutier, tournies, tue-irons, turiones