matriarchic
/ˌmeɪtrɪˈɑːkɪk/adjective
Of or of the nature of a matriarch; characterized by matriarchy; matriarchal.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Lawrence Waddell (1854–1938), army medical officer and orientalist. From matriarch + -ic, perhaps after patriarchic.
- polycistronic
- polyclad
- polyclimax
- polyclinic
- Polyclitus
- polyclonal
- polyclonal antibody
- polyclonality
- polyclonally
- polyclone
- polycondensate
- polycondensation
- polycondense
- polycondensed
- polyconic
- polycormic
- polycotton
- polycotyledon
- polycotyledonary
- polycotyledonous
- polycotyledony
- polycracy
- polycrase
- polycratic
- polycratism