monogamyn.

Brit.

/məˈnɒɡəmi/,

/mɒˈnɒɡəmi/, U.S.

/məˈnɑɡəmi/

Forms: 1600s monogamie, 1700s– monogamy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monogamie.

Etymology: < Middle French, French monogamie condition of being married to only one person at a time (1526; 1845 in sense ‘practice of marrying only once’) < post-classical Latin monogamia the practice of marrying only once (3rd cent.) < Hellenistic Greek μονογαμία the practice of marrying only once < μονόγαμος (see monogamous adj.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Italian monogamia (14th cent.; 1598 in Florio glossed ‘a marrying of one wife and no more all their lifetime’), Spanish monogamia (late 19th cent.), Portuguese monogamia . Compare digamy n., and earlier bigamy n., polygamy n.

†1. The practice or principle of marrying only once, i.e. of not remarrying after the death of a first spouse. Opposed to digamy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > disallowing remarriage

monogamy1612

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 The marriage of the wiues sister is forbidden by proportion euen in monogamie.

1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. xix. 106 If hee had euer read the Booke following, of Monogamie, he might haue found [etc.].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Monogamie, a marrying of one onely wife all the life time.

1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Biogr. (1860) 62 Moses and his spectacles, the Vicar and his monogamy..have caused..much harmless mirth.

2. The condition, rule, or custom of being married to only one person at a time (opposed to polygamy or bigamy). Now, also (in extended use): the practice or principle of remaining faithful to one person during the course of a sexual relationship other than marriage.In the older sense, chiefly applied to the rule or custom (more explicitly called monogyny) by which a man can have only one wife, but also including monandry, the rule or custom by which a woman can have only one husband.

ΘΚΠ

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

monogamy1708

1708 Brit. Apollo 19–24 Nov. Monogamy is Agreeable to the Primary Intention of a Marriage-state.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Monogamy, the State or Condition of those who have only married once.

1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iii. iii. vi Suppose again, that we reason for monogamy from the intention of nature.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. 107 In Rome..monogamy was firmly established.

1878 A. K. Johnston Africa iii. 41 In Marocco Monogamy is the rule both amongst the Arabs and the Berbers.

1886 Law Times 80 335/2 A country where monogamy is the only legal form of marriage.

1918 R. A. Knox Spiritual Aeneid x. 166 We could always split the difference between monogamy and tetragamy by having two wives all round.

1987 Nat. Hist. Oct. 26/3 One-fifth of human cultures practice monogamy, while more than four-fifths permit men to have several wives simultaneously.

1995 Observer 5 Feb. (Life Suppl.) 28/1 He has had steady girlfriends.., but monogamy was never the singer's forte.

3. Zoology. The habit of animals, esp. certain birds and primates, of living in pairs, or of having only one mate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > pair or couple > monogamy

monogamy1785

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 120 Thevenot is right when he asserts, that the ostrich lives in monogamy, or with one female.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 51 These apes..live in monogamy.

1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys & Apes xiii. 212 It is possible that sexual dimorphism plays some part in determining the monogamy or polygyny of a species.

1971 Sci. Amer. June 118/1 Where food is not easy to find and the young need parental help, the birds favor monogamy.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) iv. ii. 150/1 (caption) If the male forms a permanent pairbond with a female in this situation, the result is monogamy as seen in gibbons and some of the smaller South American cebid monkeys.

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

单词	monogamy
释义	monogamyn. Brit. /məˈnɒɡəmi/, /mɒˈnɒɡəmi/, U.S. /məˈnɑɡəmi/ Forms: 1600s monogamie, 1700s– monogamy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monogamie. Etymology: < Middle French, French monogamie condition of being married to only one person at a time (1526; 1845 in sense ‘practice of marrying only once’) < post-classical Latin monogamia the practice of marrying only once (3rd cent.) < Hellenistic Greek μονογαμία the practice of marrying only once < μονόγαμος (see monogamous adj.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Italian monogamia (14th cent.; 1598 in Florio glossed ‘a marrying of one wife and no more all their lifetime’), Spanish monogamia (late 19th cent.), Portuguese monogamia . Compare digamy n., and earlier bigamy n., polygamy n. †1. The practice or principle of marrying only once, i.e. of not remarrying after the death of a first spouse. Opposed to digamy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > disallowing remarriage monogamy1612 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 The marriage of the wiues sister is forbidden by proportion euen in monogamie. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. xix. 106 If hee had euer read the Booke following, of Monogamie, he might haue found [etc.]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Monogamie, a marrying of one onely wife all the life time. 1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Biogr. (1860) 62 Moses and his spectacles, the Vicar and his monogamy..have caused..much harmless mirth. 2. The condition, rule, or custom of being married to only one person at a time (opposed to polygamy or bigamy). Now, also (in extended use): the practice or principle of remaining faithful to one person during the course of a sexual relationship other than marriage.In the older sense, chiefly applied to the rule or custom (more explicitly called monogyny) by which a man can have only one wife, but also including monandry, the rule or custom by which a woman can have only one husband. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > monogamy monogamy1708 1708 Brit. Apollo 19–24 Nov. Monogamy is Agreeable to the Primary Intention of a Marriage-state. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Monogamy, the State or Condition of those who have only married once. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iii. iii. vi Suppose again, that we reason for monogamy from the intention of nature. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. 107 In Rome..monogamy was firmly established. 1878 A. K. Johnston Africa iii. 41 In Marocco Monogamy is the rule both amongst the Arabs and the Berbers. 1886 Law Times 80 335/2 A country where monogamy is the only legal form of marriage. 1918 R. A. Knox Spiritual Aeneid x. 166 We could always split the difference between monogamy and tetragamy by having two wives all round. 1987 Nat. Hist. Oct. 26/3 One-fifth of human cultures practice monogamy, while more than four-fifths permit men to have several wives simultaneously. 1995 Observer 5 Feb. (Life Suppl.) 28/1 He has had steady girlfriends.., but monogamy was never the singer's forte. 3. Zoology. The habit of animals, esp. certain birds and primates, of living in pairs, or of having only one mate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > pair or couple > monogamy monogamy1785 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 120 Thevenot is right when he asserts, that the ostrich lives in monogamy, or with one female. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 51 These apes..live in monogamy. 1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys & Apes xiii. 212 It is possible that sexual dimorphism plays some part in determining the monogamy or polygyny of a species. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 118/1 Where food is not easy to find and the young need parental help, the birds favor monogamy. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) iv. ii. 150/1 (caption) If the male forms a permanent pairbond with a female in this situation, the result is monogamy as seen in gibbons and some of the smaller South American cebid monkeys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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