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noun
The end product of the alchemical magnum opus, a reunion of opposing qualities such as spirit and matter or male and female, represented by an androgynous being.
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Topics: alchemy, fiction, literature, media, pseudoscience, publishing
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noun
An androgyne or hermaphrodite.
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History
From Latin rēs (“matter”) + Latin bīna (“double”).
