agamousadj.

Brit.

/ˈaɡəməs/, U.S.

/ˈæɡəməs/

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French agame , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < French agame (1809 in a botanical context; < post-classical Latin agamus unmarried (4th cent. in Jerome) or its etymon ancient Greek ἄγαμος < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + γάμος marriage: see -gam comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare agamic adj.

Biology. Now chiefly Botany.

Lacking sexual organs; asexual. Formerly also: †(of a plant) belonging to the former taxonomic division Cryptogamia, comprising plants believed to lack sexual organs; obsolete. Cf. agamic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > absence of sex characteristics

sexless1605

unspecificate1734

unsexed1749

unsexual?1785

asexual1795

unsexing1812

agamous1816

unsexual1873

gender-neutral1963

1816 Philos. Mag. 47 449 The number of vegetable species described by botanists, or existing in European herbals, extends to 44000, of which 6000 are agamous.

1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 196 The agamous age undergoes a true moulting, the sexual age a metamorphosis.

1908 Entomologist 76 319 Of six species the sexual generation only seems to have been detected, and of seven others the agamous form alone appears to be known.

1972 Folio Geobotanica & Phytyotaxonomica 7 386 The pistillate flowers with hair-like divided corollae form the whole head and are fertile, except for several agamous flowers with regular corollae in the centre of the head.

2006 P. Sell & G. Murrell Flora Great Brit. & Ireland IV. 511/2 These flowers with ligulate corollas..are fully fertile with the exception of several agamous central flowers which are rarely absent.

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

单词	agamous
释义	agamousadj. Brit. /ˈaɡəməs/, U.S. /ˈæɡəməs/ Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French agame , -ous suffix. Etymology: < French agame (1809 in a botanical context; < post-classical Latin agamus unmarried (4th cent. in Jerome) or its etymon ancient Greek ἄγαμος < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + γάμος marriage: see -gam comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare agamic adj. Biology. Now chiefly Botany. Lacking sexual organs; asexual. Formerly also: †(of a plant) belonging to the former taxonomic division Cryptogamia, comprising plants believed to lack sexual organs; obsolete. Cf. agamic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > absence of sex characteristics sexless1605 unspecificate1734 unsexed1749 unsexual?1785 asexual1795 unsexing1812 agamous1816 unsexual1873 gender-neutral1963 1816 Philos. Mag. 47 449 The number of vegetable species described by botanists, or existing in European herbals, extends to 44000, of which 6000 are agamous. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 196 The agamous age undergoes a true moulting, the sexual age a metamorphosis. 1908 Entomologist 76 319 Of six species the sexual generation only seems to have been detected, and of seven others the agamous form alone appears to be known. 1972 Folio Geobotanica & Phytyotaxonomica 7 386 The pistillate flowers with hair-like divided corollae form the whole head and are fertile, except for several agamous flowers with regular corollae in the centre of the head. 2006 P. Sell & G. Murrell Flora Great Brit. & Ireland IV. 511/2 These flowers with ligulate corollas..are fully fertile with the exception of several agamous central flowers which are rarely absent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1816
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