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misogamy|maɪs-, mɪˈsɒgəmɪ| [ad. mod.L. misogami-a, a. Gr. *µῑσογαµί-α, f. µῑσόγαµος hating marriage (Stephanus), f. µῑσο- miso- + γάµος marriage. Cf. F. misogamie.] Hatred of marriage.
1656Blount Glossogr., Misogamie (misogamia), hating of marriage. 18..Lamb Let. to Coleridge (L.), It is misogyny rather than misogamy that he affects. 1857Chamb. Jrnl. VIII. 397 Not through any foolish independence of mankind, or adventurous misogamy. So miˈsogamist, a hater of marriage; misogamic |maɪsəʊ-, mɪsəʊˈgæmɪk| a., marriage-hating.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Misogamist, a Marriage-hater. 1780M. Madan Thelyphthora II. 89 note, Notwithstanding all the bitterness of that gloomy misogamist Jerome. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. 34 A cynical old misogamist. 1889Pall Mall G. 7 Jan. 3/2 Any doubt he may have ever cherished in his misogamic breast concerning woman's creative capacity. |