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单词 monogamian
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monogamianadj.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Monogamia n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Monogamia n. + -an suffix. Compare slightly earlier monogamous adj. 3, and also polygamian n. and adj.
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Belonging to the former Linnaean order Monogamia (see Monogamia n.).
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Monogamian, pertaining to the order of plants that have a simple flower.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

monogamianadj.2

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈɡeɪmɪən/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈɡamɪən/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈɡeɪmiən/, /ˌmɑnəˈɡæmiən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monogamy n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < monogamy n. + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare earlier monogamic adj., monogamous adj., and slightly earlier monogamist adj.
1. Of or relating to monogamy; practising monogamy, monogamous (monogamous adj. 1b). rare.Used esp. in the writings of Lewis H. Morgan.
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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
1876 L. H. Morgan in N. Amer. Rev. 123 62 It was founded upon marriage between single pairs, but it fell below the monogamian family of civilized society.
1881 L. H. Morgan Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. 4 5 As the syndyasmian family of the period began to assume monogamian characteristics.
1972 A. West tr. F. Engels Origin of Family 103 The absurd assumption..that the monogamian individual family..is the nucleus around which society..crystallized.
2. Zoology. = monogamous adj. 1a. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > monogamous
monogamous1770
monogamian1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Monogamian, mating with but one of the opposite sex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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