polygamistn.adj.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪɡəmɪst/,

/pɒˈlɪɡəmɪst/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪɡəməst/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύγαμος , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύγαμος (see polygamous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin polygamus person who practises polygamy (a1540). Compare earlier polygamize v., polygamy n. Compare also bigamist n., digamist n., monogamist n. With use as adjective compare earlier polygamic adj., polygamical adj., polygamous adj.

A. n.

A person who practises or favours polygamy; esp. a man who has several wives at one time. Also: an animal which has several mates.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 245 A Profane, Profuse, Proud Polygamist.

1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 271 The first author of polygamy..was Lamech..as was also Esau another polygamist.

1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. xv. 72 The Judges of the Faith my certify themselves what the Polygamist truly thinks.

1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. 297 It furnishes a proof..why a man may be a polygamist, but a woman not.

1861 Times 21 Aug. 10/2 In order to distinguish the wives of a polygamist from each other, the Christian name of each is prefixed to the husband's name.

1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 84 The sparrow is accused as being ‘a bird of bad habits and of infamous character..a communist and a polygamist’.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 640 At the breeding season in spring the cock of the woods is very lusty, and, like his cousin the black grouse, though not like the red grouse, he is a thoroughgoing polygamist.

1981 B. Head Serowe iv. 29 My grandfather lived in the days when the gospel was still new in the country and he was a polygamist with ten wives.

2003 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 106/3 The ceremony..was what polygamists call a ‘spiritual wedding’, a union not recognized as legal by the state.

B. adj. (chiefly attributive).

Polygamous; practising or characterized by polygamy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy

polygamous1547

polygamicc1741

polygamical1781

polygamist1855

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1855 A. M. Murray Let. 17 Apr. in Lett. from U.S. (1856) 305 The brutal, idolatrous, polygamist African nations.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Oct. 3/2 It was a greater evil to dissolve bonâ fide marriages..than to refuse baptism to polygamist husbands and their wives.

1968 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) vii. 196 Strong patriarchal, monotheistic, and polygamist traditions.

2001 Daily Tel. 15 May 15/3 Until 1950, police systematically raided polygamist communities and many men were imprisoned.

Derivatives

polygaˈmistic adj. of or relating to polygamists or polygamy; favouring polygamy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy

polygamous1547

polygamicc1741

polygamical1781

polygamist1855

polygamistic1857

1857 A. N. Ward & M. Ward Husband in Utah xviii. 298 The polygamistic tendencies of the Mormon leader.

1885 Chicago Advance 12 Feb. What reply do the polygamistic Mormons make to the non-polygamistic Josephites?

1979 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 109 55 The polygamistic world of the Macedonian royal house.

1997 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 d Flynt..meets Althea Leasure..who becomes—given a very broad polygamistic definition—the love of his life.

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

单词	polygamist
释义	polygamistn.adj. Brit. /pəˈlɪɡəmɪst/, /pɒˈlɪɡəmɪst/, U.S. /pəˈlɪɡəməst/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύγαμος , -ist suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύγαμος (see polygamous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin polygamus person who practises polygamy (a1540). Compare earlier polygamize v., polygamy n. Compare also bigamist n., digamist n., monogamist n. With use as adjective compare earlier polygamic adj., polygamical adj., polygamous adj. A. n. A person who practises or favours polygamy; esp. a man who has several wives at one time. Also: an animal which has several mates. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > one who polygamist1637 plig1977 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 245 A Profane, Profuse, Proud Polygamist. 1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 271 The first author of polygamy..was Lamech..as was also Esau another polygamist. 1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. xv. 72 The Judges of the Faith my certify themselves what the Polygamist truly thinks. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. 297 It furnishes a proof..why a man may be a polygamist, but a woman not. 1861 Times 21 Aug. 10/2 In order to distinguish the wives of a polygamist from each other, the Christian name of each is prefixed to the husband's name. 1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 84 The sparrow is accused as being ‘a bird of bad habits and of infamous character..a communist and a polygamist’. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 640 At the breeding season in spring the cock of the woods is very lusty, and, like his cousin the black grouse, though not like the red grouse, he is a thoroughgoing polygamist. 1981 B. Head Serowe iv. 29 My grandfather lived in the days when the gospel was still new in the country and he was a polygamist with ten wives. 2003 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 106/3 The ceremony..was what polygamists call a ‘spiritual wedding’, a union not recognized as legal by the state. B. adj. (chiefly attributive). Polygamous; practising or characterized by polygamy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy polygamous1547 polygamicc1741 polygamical1781 polygamist1855 polygamistic1857 1855 A. M. Murray Let. 17 Apr. in Lett. from U.S. (1856) 305 The brutal, idolatrous, polygamist African nations. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Oct. 3/2 It was a greater evil to dissolve bonâ fide marriages..than to refuse baptism to polygamist husbands and their wives. 1968 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) vii. 196 Strong patriarchal, monotheistic, and polygamist traditions. 2001 Daily Tel. 15 May 15/3 Until 1950, police systematically raided polygamist communities and many men were imprisoned. Derivatives polygaˈmistic adj. of or relating to polygamists or polygamy; favouring polygamy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy polygamous1547 polygamicc1741 polygamical1781 polygamist1855 polygamistic1857 1857 A. N. Ward & M. Ward Husband in Utah xviii. 298 The polygamistic tendencies of the Mormon leader. 1885 Chicago Advance 12 Feb. What reply do the polygamistic Mormons make to the non-polygamistic Josephites? 1979 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 109 55 The polygamistic world of the Macedonian royal house. 1997 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 d Flynt..meets Althea Leasure..who becomes—given a very broad polygamistic definition—the love of his life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1637
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