morphodite

English

Noun

morphodite (plural morphodites)

1. (slang) Hermaphrodite.
   • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird:

     Atticus strolled over to Miss Maudie’s sidewalk, where they engaged in an arm-waving conversation, the only phrase of which I caught was “…erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus, you’ll never raise ’em!”

2. (slang, dated, derogatory) Any person exhibiting sexual or gender divergence, such as a transvestite or homosexual.
   • 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News‎, page 16:

     [Recounting an event from 1926] The rest of the summer I'd get a bit of head on from the Speakeasy's Special […] and scuffle around with the guys in front of the Cribs. On the way home, one of the guys who had noticed I hadn't gone in with the rest of them, gave me what turned out to be a "pat" lecture on not letting those murfadites get near me or get me drunk.

Derived terms

• morphodyke (morphadyke, morphodike, morphadike)
• morphadite
• morph

Anagrams

• mophrodite, photodimer