monogamicadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈɡamɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnəˈɡæmɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μονόγαμος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονόγαμος (see monogamous adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek μονογαμικός (9th cent.), post-classical Latin monogamicus (1677 or earlier in sense 1, 1819 in sense 2: see quot. 1857 at sense 2), French monogamique (1823 in sense 1, 1836 in sense 2). Compare earlier monogamous adj., and also earlier polygamic adj.In sense 2 after scientific Latin Monogamia Monogamia n.; compare monogamious adj. and earlier monogamous adj. (see sense 3 s.v.), monogamian adj.¹

1. Of or relating to monogamy; practising monogamy, monogamous (monogamous adj. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy

monogamous1778

monogamic1840

monogamist1870

monogamian1876

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > practising monogamy

monogamous1803

monogamic1840

monogamistic1890

1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 391 All trace of the monogamic pillar of orthodoxy therefore disappears.

1860 Macmillan's Mag. May 46 If M. Michelet has satisfied himself by means of physiology that man is a monogamic animal, so much the better.

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2549/1 The institution of monogamic marriage in Genesis.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xi. 136 The eternal bourgeoisie... Just as swelteringly monogamic in Port Said as in Brum.

1959 R. Graves Coll. Poems 312 Though few would still subscribe To the monogamic axiom That strife below the hip-bones Need not estrange the heart.

1985 Current Anthropol. 26 568/2 The monogamic option is irreversible, even in the case of divorce.

†2. Botany. = monogamous adj. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > bearing a single flower or monogamic

monogamous1821

monogamic1857

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monogamicus, Monogamus... The latter of these two terms is applied by H. Cassini to the calathidia of the Synanthereæ when they contain flowers which are of the same sex, as in the Lactuca: monogamic: monogamous.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 752/1 Monogamia (adj. Monogamic), having flowers distinct from each other, and not collected in a capitulum.

Derivatives

monoˈgamically adv. rare in a monogamous manner; monogamously.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adverb] > monogamously

monogamously1875

monogamically1911

1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 140 In our population there are about a million monogamically superfluous women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monogamic
释义	monogamicadj. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈɡamɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈɡæmɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μονόγαμος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονόγαμος (see monogamous adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek μονογαμικός (9th cent.), post-classical Latin monogamicus (1677 or earlier in sense 1, 1819 in sense 2: see quot. 1857 at sense 2), French monogamique (1823 in sense 1, 1836 in sense 2). Compare earlier monogamous adj., and also earlier polygamic adj.In sense 2 after scientific Latin Monogamia Monogamia n.; compare monogamious adj. and earlier monogamous adj. (see sense 3 s.v.), monogamian adj.¹ 1. Of or relating to monogamy; practising monogamy, monogamous (monogamous adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy monogamous1778 monogamic1840 monogamist1870 monogamian1876 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > practising monogamy monogamous1803 monogamic1840 monogamistic1890 1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 391 All trace of the monogamic pillar of orthodoxy therefore disappears. 1860 Macmillan's Mag. May 46 If M. Michelet has satisfied himself by means of physiology that man is a monogamic animal, so much the better. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2549/1 The institution of monogamic marriage in Genesis. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xi. 136 The eternal bourgeoisie... Just as swelteringly monogamic in Port Said as in Brum. 1959 R. Graves Coll. Poems 312 Though few would still subscribe To the monogamic axiom That strife below the hip-bones Need not estrange the heart. 1985 Current Anthropol. 26 568/2 The monogamic option is irreversible, even in the case of divorce. †2. Botany. = monogamous adj. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > bearing a single flower or monogamic monogamous1821 monogamic1857 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monogamicus, Monogamus... The latter of these two terms is applied by H. Cassini to the calathidia of the Synanthereæ when they contain flowers which are of the same sex, as in the Lactuca: monogamic: monogamous. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 752/1 Monogamia (adj. Monogamic), having flowers distinct from each other, and not collected in a capitulum. Derivatives monoˈgamically adv. rare in a monogamous manner; monogamously. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adverb] > monogamously monogamously1875 monogamically1911 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 140 In our population there are about a million monogamically superfluous women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840
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