agamy
noun
ag·a·my
ˈa-gə-mē
plural -es
1
: absence, nonregulation, or nonrecognition of marriage
2
: agamogenesis
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Greek agamía "bachelorhood, celibacy," from ágamos "unmarried" + -ia -y entry 2
First Known Use
1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- skirmished (with)
- skirmished with
- skirmisher
- skirmishers
- skirmishes
- skirmishes (with)
- skirmishes with
- skirmishing
- postponed
- postponement
- postponements
- postponences
- postponer
- postponers
- postpones
- postponing
- postpose
- postposed
- postposes
- postposing
- postposition
- postpositional
- postpositionally
- postpositions
- postpositive