Damascean

Damascean is a masculine-in-nature gender that feels steely, sharp, and mysterious. It may be related to or best described by Damascus blades.

Etymology
The name comes from Damascus steel; a metal used to form patterned blades by folding the steel repeatedly, and common xenogender suffix -ean, meaning one that does or deals with or relating to, belonging to.

Pronunciation
/dA-mAHsk-ee-yuhn/

Definitions

 * A MIN gender that feels steely, sharp, and mysterious. It might be related or best described by Damascus blades. - zaxfaea, February 2020

History
The term was first created on the private Amino MOGAI Positive by Amino and Reddit user u/zaxfaea on 4 February 2020. A flag for the gender was created by Reddit and LGBTA Wiki user u/AstarteSnow on 9 April 2020, and fae created the LGBTA Wiki page for the term on the same day with permission from zaxfaea. Zaxfaea updated the original coining post on Amino to include the flag some time after that.

On 8 November 2021, zaxfaea was contacted for permission to add his term to the Ezgender Wiki and help with accurately sourcing the term. As the Amino was still private, xe provided a screenshot of the post after correcting a minor typo.