gamicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɡamɪk/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek γαμικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek γαμικός relating to marriage < γάμος marriage (see -gam comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin gamicus relating to marriage (1544 or earlier). Compare earlier gamical adj. With sense 3 compare earlier agamic adj. and also French agamique (1848, rare).

†1. Of or relating to marriage. Obsolete.In quot. 1837 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective]

bridelyOE

spousal?a1450

nuptial1490

espousal1583

sponsal1656

sponsalitious1656

internuptial1834

gamic1837

1837 ‘A. Gasker’ Libr. of Useless Knowl. 43 The sexual properties of numerical fact, so beautifully illustrated and portrayed by the gamic torches, if I may be allowed such an expression of the Multiplication Table.

1852 Househ. Words 15 104/2 The Palingamic Force, therefore, is weak in widows, strong in widowers; unless the Gamic force—the impulse to get married—spends itself on spinsters, and the widows' hands remain free through the paucity of applicants.

1890 tr. L. Tolstoy Kreutzer Sonata ii. 26 The vast majority live in a gamic state [Rus. bračnoj žizn′ju], and a great many enjoy long leases of matrimonial bliss.

†2. Mathematics. In the terminology of Thomas Kirkman: designating two edges of a self-dual polyhedron that are symmetrically related to each other in such a way that the two ends of the one edge are the poles of the two faces that meet in the other edge. Also as n.: such an edge. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1856 T. P. Kirkman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 414 Either edge in any pair [of edges] lies between the poles of the faces through the other. I call these two edges (aA) a gamic pair, and either is the gamic of the other.

1858 T. P. Kirkman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 148 157 Putting A for the gamic of a, &c...reduces by the gamic pair Ee to the pyramid on 1234.

3. Biology. Of an organism: (capable of ) reproducing sexually. Also: designating sexual reproduction. Cf. agamic adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > sexual

sexual1794

gamic1858

gamogenetic1858

syngenetic1864

digenous1884

sexuparous1899

androgenetic1903

gynogenetic1925

1858 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Nov. 67/3 An egg, thereafter to be hatched perhaps into a gamic or complete male or female.

1878 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. 18 262 In the Metazoa.., a gamic cell-generation is followed by a line of agamic generations.

1906 Biol. Bull. 6 34 The production of females parthenogenetically is of far more use to a species where gamic reproduction is unnecessary.

1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 126 In early autumn winged alienicolae..fly to the primary host and produce gamic males and females.

1988 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 75 27/1 One systemic insecticide helps control the gamic wasp generation.., but may not be suitable in areas utilized by wildlife.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gamic
释义	gamicadj.n. Brit. /ˈɡamɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡæmɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek γαμικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek γαμικός relating to marriage < γάμος marriage (see -gam comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin gamicus relating to marriage (1544 or earlier). Compare earlier gamical adj. With sense 3 compare earlier agamic adj. and also French agamique (1848, rare). †1. Of or relating to marriage. Obsolete.In quot. 1837 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] bridelyOE spousal?a1450 nuptial1490 espousal1583 sponsal1656 sponsalitious1656 internuptial1834 gamic1837 1837 ‘A. Gasker’ Libr. of Useless Knowl. 43 The sexual properties of numerical fact, so beautifully illustrated and portrayed by the gamic torches, if I may be allowed such an expression of the Multiplication Table. 1852 Househ. Words 15 104/2 The Palingamic Force, therefore, is weak in widows, strong in widowers; unless the Gamic force—the impulse to get married—spends itself on spinsters, and the widows' hands remain free through the paucity of applicants. 1890 tr. L. Tolstoy Kreutzer Sonata ii. 26 The vast majority live in a gamic state [Rus. bračnoj žizn′ju], and a great many enjoy long leases of matrimonial bliss. †2. Mathematics. In the terminology of Thomas Kirkman: designating two edges of a self-dual polyhedron that are symmetrically related to each other in such a way that the two ends of the one edge are the poles of the two faces that meet in the other edge. Also as n.: such an edge. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1856 T. P. Kirkman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 414 Either edge in any pair [of edges] lies between the poles of the faces through the other. I call these two edges (aA) a gamic pair, and either is the gamic of the other. 1858 T. P. Kirkman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 148 157 Putting A for the gamic of a, &c...reduces by the gamic pair Ee to the pyramid on 1234. 3. Biology. Of an organism: (capable of ) reproducing sexually. Also: designating sexual reproduction. Cf. agamic adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > sexual sexual1794 gamic1858 gamogenetic1858 syngenetic1864 digenous1884 sexuparous1899 androgenetic1903 gynogenetic1925 1858 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Nov. 67/3 An egg, thereafter to be hatched perhaps into a gamic or complete male or female. 1878 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. 18 262 In the Metazoa.., a gamic cell-generation is followed by a line of agamic generations. 1906 Biol. Bull. 6 34 The production of females parthenogenetically is of far more use to a species where gamic reproduction is unnecessary. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 126 In early autumn winged alienicolae..fly to the primary host and produce gamic males and females. 1988 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 75 27/1 One systemic insecticide helps control the gamic wasp generation.., but may not be suitable in areas utilized by wildlife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1837
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