polygamousadj.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪɡəməs/,

/pɒˈlɪɡəməs/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪɡəməs/

Forms: 1500s polygamus, 1600s poligamous, 1600s– polygamous.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin polygamus , -ous suffix; Greek πολύγαμος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin polygamus polygamous (c1250 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek πολύγαμος often married, polygamous ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + -γαμος : see -gamous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French polygame (1570 in sense ‘(of a man) having more than one wife’, 1778 in sense 2b, 1822 in sense 1b). Compare monogamous adj.In form polygamus probably after the Latin form.

a. Of, relating to, characterized by, or involving polygamy; practising polygamy; esp. (of a man) having more than one wife or sexual partner (cf. polygynous adj. 2a).Not recorded in Bailey's dictionary (1721), Johnson, or Ash.

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

1547 I. B. Brife & Faythfull Declaracion 257 So is it not to be founde in any apostels wrytynge, that any Chrysten man..hath bene Polygamus (that is to saye) hath had manye wyues.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 266 His daughter Fatima (the onely issue of this libidinous poligamous Prophet) married to Hali.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. iv. 48 The first age was Polygamous, they were stout lads, and more than Cock-a-twos.

1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. iv. 106 In Africa, all the nations are polygamous.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xxvi. 373 This strange polygamous family.

1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 387 Even in a polygamous community it is usually only a minority who have more wives than one.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism vi. ii. 216 He was polygamous by nature, and usually had more than one girl on hand.

1974 B. Emecheta Second Class Citizen vi. 72 If an older wife of a polygamous marriage wanted to get even with a younger rival..she would make up all sorts of songs about the younger woman.

2001 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 40 538 A Foreign Office representative spoke of their concern about women marrying polygamous ‘Orientals’.

b. Zoology. Of an animal: having more than one mate of the opposite sex; exhibiting polygamy; spec. = polygynous adj. 2b.Not now in scientific use, except as an extended use of sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > polygamous

polygamous1781

1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5758/2 The males of polygamous birds neglect their young.

1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 70 They [sc. turkeys] are polygamous, one cock serving many hens.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals.

1907 Amer. Naturalist 41 166 Monogamous by habit, with but one famous exception, namely. the truly polygamous ruff (Machetes pugnax).

1989 M. Birkhead & T. R. Birkhead Survival Factor (BNC) 28 As in many other polygamous birds, the male plays no part in nesting.

2. Botany.

†a. Belonging to or characteristic of the Linnaean class or order Polygamia. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers

malea1398

masculinea1550

androgynous1739

polygamous1757

monoecious1761

polygamious1761

monoicous1822

monoclinous1828

monoecian1828

trigamous1842

hermaphrodite1854

triœcious1860

monoecious1861

synœcious1863

synoicous1863

autoicous1875

andro-diœcious1877

andromonœcious1877

gynodioecious1877

gynomonoecious1877

monoicous1877

autoecious1896

monoclinian1900

1757 J. Hill Eden 66/2 Under this classical Distinction, the Plants which are very numerous are ranged in several Orders. Of these the Polygamous Kind is one.

1793 C. Milne Indigenous Bot. I. 12 Botanists..have always considered Callitriche Verna as an androgynous, not a polygamous plant.

1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 250 These [sc. the Compositæ] are the Polygamous Syngenesious plants of Linnæus.

b. Bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers, on the same or on different plants; (of an inflorescence) containing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers.

ΚΠ

1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 200 The flowers of Common Ash are termed polygamous, because they are either staminate, pistillate, or hermaphrodite, and the different kinds of flowers may be upon the same or different trees.

1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 73 Some species of Thalictrum are polygamous, that is they have, in addition to the normal hermaphrodite flowers, separate male and female ones all growing on the same plant.

1977 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 64 1004/1 These buds develop and produce flowers (dioecious or polygamous) the following spring when the day length increases.

1990 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 77 803/1 The least specialized tribe, Corypheae..is distinguished by the palmate leaf; by genera being hermaphrodite, polygamous, or very rarely strictly dioecious.

Derivatives

poˈlygamously adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

polygamically1863

polygamously1869

1869 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 641/1 The polygamously-minded celibate, or the already twice or thrice wedded wooer.

1874 T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam (1882) iv. 24 Their [women's] ideas are always married to themselves—and sometimes polygamously to somebody else besides.

1948 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 54 17/1 There are instances of Moslem men, polygamously married in native fashion, putting away their wives in order to secure a Creole bride.

2003 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 17 Mar. a8 They feel they need to live polygamously, because that is one of the higher laws.

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

单词	polygamous
释义	polygamousadj. Brit. /pəˈlɪɡəməs/, /pɒˈlɪɡəməs/, U.S. /pəˈlɪɡəməs/ Forms: 1500s polygamus, 1600s poligamous, 1600s– polygamous. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin polygamus , -ous suffix; Greek πολύγαμος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin polygamus polygamous (c1250 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek πολύγαμος often married, polygamous ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + -γαμος : see -gamous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French polygame (1570 in sense ‘(of a man) having more than one wife’, 1778 in sense 2b, 1822 in sense 1b). Compare monogamous adj.In form polygamus probably after the Latin form. 1. a. Of, relating to, characterized by, or involving polygamy; practising polygamy; esp. (of a man) having more than one wife or sexual partner (cf. polygynous adj. 2a).Not recorded in Bailey's dictionary (1721), Johnson, or Ash. 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 1547 I. B. Brife & Faythfull Declaracion 257 So is it not to be founde in any apostels wrytynge, that any Chrysten man..hath bene Polygamus (that is to saye) hath had manye wyues. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 266 His daughter Fatima (the onely issue of this libidinous poligamous Prophet) married to Hali. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. iv. 48 The first age was Polygamous, they were stout lads, and more than Cock-a-twos. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. iv. 106 In Africa, all the nations are polygamous. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xxvi. 373 This strange polygamous family. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 387 Even in a polygamous community it is usually only a minority who have more wives than one. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism vi. ii. 216 He was polygamous by nature, and usually had more than one girl on hand. 1974 B. Emecheta Second Class Citizen vi. 72 If an older wife of a polygamous marriage wanted to get even with a younger rival..she would make up all sorts of songs about the younger woman. 2001 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 40 538 A Foreign Office representative spoke of their concern about women marrying polygamous ‘Orientals’. b. Zoology. Of an animal: having more than one mate of the opposite sex; exhibiting polygamy; spec. = polygynous adj. 2b.Not now in scientific use, except as an extended use of sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > polygamous polygamous1781 1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5758/2 The males of polygamous birds neglect their young. 1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 70 They [sc. turkeys] are polygamous, one cock serving many hens. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals. 1907 Amer. Naturalist 41 166 Monogamous by habit, with but one famous exception, namely. the truly polygamous ruff (Machetes pugnax). 1989 M. Birkhead & T. R. Birkhead Survival Factor (BNC) 28 As in many other polygamous birds, the male plays no part in nesting. 2. Botany. †a. Belonging to or characteristic of the Linnaean class or order Polygamia. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers malea1398 masculinea1550 androgynous1739 polygamous1757 monoecious1761 polygamious1761 monoicous1822 monoclinous1828 monoecian1828 trigamous1842 hermaphrodite1854 triœcious1860 monoecious1861 synœcious1863 synoicous1863 autoicous1875 andro-diœcious1877 andromonœcious1877 gynodioecious1877 gynomonoecious1877 monoicous1877 autoecious1896 monoclinian1900 1757 J. Hill Eden 66/2 Under this classical Distinction, the Plants which are very numerous are ranged in several Orders. Of these the Polygamous Kind is one. 1793 C. Milne Indigenous Bot. I. 12 Botanists..have always considered Callitriche Verna as an androgynous, not a polygamous plant. 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 250 These [sc. the Compositæ] are the Polygamous Syngenesious plants of Linnæus. b. Bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers, on the same or on different plants; (of an inflorescence) containing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers. ΚΠ 1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 200 The flowers of Common Ash are termed polygamous, because they are either staminate, pistillate, or hermaphrodite, and the different kinds of flowers may be upon the same or different trees. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 73 Some species of Thalictrum are polygamous, that is they have, in addition to the normal hermaphrodite flowers, separate male and female ones all growing on the same plant. 1977 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 64 1004/1 These buds develop and produce flowers (dioecious or polygamous) the following spring when the day length increases. 1990 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 77 803/1 The least specialized tribe, Corypheae..is distinguished by the palmate leaf; by genera being hermaphrodite, polygamous, or very rarely strictly dioecious. Derivatives poˈlygamously adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adverb] > polygamously polygamically1863 polygamously1869 1869 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 641/1 The polygamously-minded celibate, or the already twice or thrice wedded wooer. 1874 T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam (1882) iv. 24 Their [women's] ideas are always married to themselves—and sometimes polygamously to somebody else besides. 1948 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 54 17/1 There are instances of Moslem men, polygamously married in native fashion, putting away their wives in order to secure a Creole bride. 2003 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 17 Mar. a8 They feel they need to live polygamously, because that is one of the higher laws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1547
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