octogamyn.

Brit.

/ɒkˈtɒɡəmi/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtɑɡəmi/

Forms: Middle English octagamie, Middle English octagamye, Middle English octogame, Middle English octogamie, Middle English octogamye, Middle English octogmie (transmission error), Middle English octogomye, Middle English 1600s 1900s– octogamy.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin octogamus married eight times (late 4th cent. in Jerome Epistola adversus Jovinianum (see below); < classical Latin octō- octo- comb. form + post-classical Latin -gamus : see -gamous comb. form) + -y suffix³ (compare -gamy comb. form), after bigamy n.The argument referred to in quot. c1395 is from Jerome's Epistola adversus Jovinianum; in quots. 1665 and 1912 with reference to this passage in Chaucer.

rare.

Marriage with eight spouses (successively or at the same time).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > more than once

octogamyc1395

trigamy1615

tetragamy1862

c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 33 Of no nombre mencioun made he [sc. God] Of bigamye or of octogamye.

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 63 Neither Bigamy, nor Octogamy (if Wives become their Husbands Survivers) are to be questioned.

1912 G. L. Kittredge Mod. Philol. 9 5 Where is bigamy forbidden in the Bible, or octogamy either?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octogamy
释义	octogamyn. Brit. /ɒkˈtɒɡəmi/, U.S. /ɑkˈtɑɡəmi/ Forms: Middle English octagamie, Middle English octagamye, Middle English octogame, Middle English octogamie, Middle English octogamye, Middle English octogmie (transmission error), Middle English octogomye, Middle English 1600s 1900s– octogamy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octogamus , -y suffix³. Etymology: < post-classical Latin octogamus married eight times (late 4th cent. in Jerome Epistola adversus Jovinianum (see below); < classical Latin octō- octo- comb. form + post-classical Latin -gamus : see -gamous comb. form) + -y suffix³ (compare -gamy comb. form), after bigamy n.The argument referred to in quot. c1395 is from Jerome's Epistola adversus Jovinianum; in quots. 1665 and 1912 with reference to this passage in Chaucer. rare. Marriage with eight spouses (successively or at the same time). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > more than once octogamyc1395 trigamy1615 tetragamy1862 c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 33 Of no nombre mencioun made he [sc. God] Of bigamye or of octogamye. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 63 Neither Bigamy, nor Octogamy (if Wives become their Husbands Survivers) are to be questioned. 1912 G. L. Kittredge Mod. Philol. 9 5 Where is bigamy forbidden in the Bible, or octogamy either? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395
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