herˈmaphrodisyrare—1. [ad.med.L. hermaphrodisia (obs. F. hermaphrodisie, hermofrodisie), f.Gr. ἑρµαϕρόδῑτος, after ἀϕροδίσια, deriv. of ἀϕροδίτη.] Hermaphrodite state or quality. 1807Sir R. Wilson Jrnl. 8 July in Life (1862) II. viii. 295 The revolting hermaphrodisy of the ‘blue stocking’.