The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language (Vol. IV. Scream--Zythum)

A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological

On page 414, the words "Transexion" and "Transfeminate" are defined. Both terms are attributed to "Sir T. Browne" in reference to the physician and influential writer Sir Thomas Browne’s Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). This item was contributed to the DTA by Dr. Joseph Gamble of the University of Toledo Department of English.

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Identifier: pr76f369j
Collection: Rare Books
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Creator(s): Ogilvie, John
Contributor(s): Annandale, Charles
Publisher: Blackie & Son
The Century Co.
Date Issued: 1883
Genre: Books
Dictionaries
Subject(s): Sir Thomas Browne
Topic(s): Transfemininity
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://doi.org/10.1353/jem.2019.0036
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