polyandryn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlɪandri/,

/ˌpɒlɪˈandri/, U.S.

/ˈpɑliˌændri/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύανδρος , -y suffix³.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύανδρος having many husbands (see polyandria n., and compare ancient Greek πολυανδρία populousness) + -y suffix³. In sense 2 after polyandrous adj. etc. Compare French polyandrie (1765 in sense 1; see also polyandria n.), Italian poliandria (a1769 in sense 1). Compare also later polygyny n.

a. A form of polygamy in which one woman has two or more husbands or male sexual partners at the same time. Cf. polygyny n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polyandry

polyandry1680

polyandrism1801

polyandrianism1820

polyandria1866

fraternal polyandry1896

1680 W. Lawrence Marriage by Morall Law of God i. vi. 105 Compulsion to publick Marriage or Wooing..causeth Polyandry when one Woman is Courted by two, or many Rivals, she lies under the Temptation of tasting them all, and not till necessitated, to fix on one.

1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. 296 (note) This surely affords a strong proof that polyandry (as it is called) is contrary to nature.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 18 I can account for the system of Polyandry, as he calls it, only in one way;..that it originated in necessity.

1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. vi. 104 The custom of female infanticide..rendering women scarce, led at once to polyandry.

1925 C. Crowell in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 44 She practiced something akin to polyandry in a strictly orthodox, puritanical, farming community for more than a decade.

1953 R. L. Beals & H. Hoijer Introd. Anthropol. xiv. 429 The ideal pattern of marriage in Toda culture is fraternal polyandry, which dictates that when a woman marries a man she becomes, in theory at least, the wife of all his brothers.

1994 Action Asia Aug. 105/3 The custom of polyandry, in which a woman marries several men, usually brothers, was introduced to Humla from Tibet. It is still practised by the region's ethnic Tibetans.

b. Zoology. The fact or state of having more than one male mate. Cf. polygyny n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > female > fact of having more than one male mate

polyandry1815

polyandria1876

1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. viii. 347 In many kinds of animals, one male has many females, but females never live in polyandry.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. viii. 269 Three starlings not rarely frequent the same nest; but whether this is a case of polygamy or polyandry has not been ascertained.

1937 Ecol. Monogr. 7 110 Polyandry is usually defined as meaning a female having two mates simultaneously. In the strictest sense, it means a female copulating with two or more males during the same egg-laying period.

1992 Discover May 6/2 Jared Diamond..wrote about polyandry in the animal kingdom for the April issue.

2. Botany. The fact or state of having many stamens.

ΚΠ

1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 296/1 Polyandry, the state of having many stamens.

1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 647 It is not always certain whether such modifications of development are always linked with secondary rather than with primary polyandry.

1995 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 156 179/1 Centrifugality..has arisen numerous times in disparate families of monocotyledons and dicotyledons, often in conjunction with secondary polyandry in entomophilous plants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polyandry
释义	polyandryn. Brit. /ˈpɒlɪandri/, /ˌpɒlɪˈandri/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌændri/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύανδρος , -y suffix³. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύανδρος having many husbands (see polyandria n., and compare ancient Greek πολυανδρία populousness) + -y suffix³. In sense 2 after polyandrous adj. etc. Compare French polyandrie (1765 in sense 1; see also polyandria n.), Italian poliandria (a1769 in sense 1). Compare also later polygyny n. 1. a. A form of polygamy in which one woman has two or more husbands or male sexual partners at the same time. Cf. polygyny n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polyandry polyandry1680 polyandrism1801 polyandrianism1820 polyandria1866 fraternal polyandry1896 1680 W. Lawrence Marriage by Morall Law of God i. vi. 105 Compulsion to publick Marriage or Wooing..causeth Polyandry when one Woman is Courted by two, or many Rivals, she lies under the Temptation of tasting them all, and not till necessitated, to fix on one. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. 296 (note) This surely affords a strong proof that polyandry (as it is called) is contrary to nature. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 18 I can account for the system of Polyandry, as he calls it, only in one way;..that it originated in necessity. 1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. vi. 104 The custom of female infanticide..rendering women scarce, led at once to polyandry. 1925 C. Crowell in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 44 She practiced something akin to polyandry in a strictly orthodox, puritanical, farming community for more than a decade. 1953 R. L. Beals & H. Hoijer Introd. Anthropol. xiv. 429 The ideal pattern of marriage in Toda culture is fraternal polyandry, which dictates that when a woman marries a man she becomes, in theory at least, the wife of all his brothers. 1994 Action Asia Aug. 105/3 The custom of polyandry, in which a woman marries several men, usually brothers, was introduced to Humla from Tibet. It is still practised by the region's ethnic Tibetans. b. Zoology. The fact or state of having more than one male mate. Cf. polygyny n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > female > fact of having more than one male mate polyandry1815 polyandria1876 1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. viii. 347 In many kinds of animals, one male has many females, but females never live in polyandry. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. viii. 269 Three starlings not rarely frequent the same nest; but whether this is a case of polygamy or polyandry has not been ascertained. 1937 Ecol. Monogr. 7 110 Polyandry is usually defined as meaning a female having two mates simultaneously. In the strictest sense, it means a female copulating with two or more males during the same egg-laying period. 1992 Discover May 6/2 Jared Diamond..wrote about polyandry in the animal kingdom for the April issue. 2. Botany. The fact or state of having many stamens. ΚΠ 1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 296/1 Polyandry, the state of having many stamens. 1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 647 It is not always certain whether such modifications of development are always linked with secondary rather than with primary polyandry. 1995 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 156 179/1 Centrifugality..has arisen numerous times in disparate families of monocotyledons and dicotyledons, often in conjunction with secondary polyandry in entomophilous plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680
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