agamistn.

Brit.

/ˈaɡəmɪst/, U.S.

/ˈæɡəməst/

Forms: 1500s agamiste, 1600s 1800s– agamist.

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

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄγαμος unmarried (see agamous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare bigamist n., monogamist n., polygamist n., etc.

Now archaic and rare.

A person who is unmarried. Also: a person opposed to the institution of matrimony.Apparently unrecorded in the 18th cent.; not in Johnson.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > by choice

agamist1570

celibatist1829

celibatory1841

celibatarian1863

celibate1869

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2134/1 To exhorte in like maner these Agamistes, and wilfull reiecters of matrimonie.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Agamist, he that is unmarryed.

1878 T. O. Summers in Pop. Lect. Errors Rom. Catholic Church x. 240 Whether this was designed to exclude agamists, or bigamists, or digamists, from the ministry..it does not exclude monogamists.

1920 J. Wood Nuttall Encycl. (rev. ed.) 587/2 Shakers, a fanatical sect,..so called from their extravagant gestures in worship; they are agamists and communists.

2009 Marin (Calif.) Independent Jrnl. (Nexis) 12 Aug. Can marriage as we know it be saved? I'm no agamist, but I often wonder if it even should be saved.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agamist
释义	agamistn. Brit. /ˈaɡəmɪst/, U.S. /ˈæɡəməst/ Forms: 1500s agamiste, 1600s 1800s– agamist. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄγαμος , -ist suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄγαμος unmarried (see agamous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare bigamist n., monogamist n., polygamist n., etc. Now archaic and rare. A person who is unmarried. Also: a person opposed to the institution of matrimony.Apparently unrecorded in the 18th cent.; not in Johnson. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > by choice agamist1570 celibatist1829 celibatory1841 celibatarian1863 celibate1869 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2134/1 To exhorte in like maner these Agamistes, and wilfull reiecters of matrimonie. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Agamist, he that is unmarryed. 1878 T. O. Summers in Pop. Lect. Errors Rom. Catholic Church x. 240 Whether this was designed to exclude agamists, or bigamists, or digamists, from the ministry..it does not exclude monogamists. 1920 J. Wood Nuttall Encycl. (rev. ed.) 587/2 Shakers, a fanatical sect,..so called from their extravagant gestures in worship; they are agamists and communists. 2009 Marin (Calif.) Independent Jrnl. (Nexis) 12 Aug. Can marriage as we know it be saved? I'm no agamist, but I often wonder if it even should be saved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570
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