"agamy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: agamies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἄγαμος||unmarried, single (of men)}} Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”), {{confix|en|a|gamy|t1=not|t2=marriage}} a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} agamy (countable and uncountable, plural agamies)
  1. Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage Translations (absence of marriage): აგამია (agamia) (Georgian), დაუქორწინებლობა (daukorc̣inebloba) (Georgian), შეუუღლებლობა (šeuuɣlebloba) (Georgian), agamia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-agamy-en-noun-yH23GP3P Disambiguation of Marriage: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gamy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamy: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'absence of marriage': 93 7
  2. (biology) Asexual reproduction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology, Family Translations (asexual reproduction): agamia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-agamy-en-noun-899ZpGBW Disambiguation of Family: 2 98 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 41 59 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'asexual reproduction': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agamist Related terms: agamic, agamous

Inflected forms

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