Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adelphogamous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: adelphog-a-mous
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, related to, or engaging in adelphogamy.

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, the constancy of adelphogamous marriages in the phylogeny of Anergates is a phenomenon the like of which is as yet unknown in nature."
"Abydos was the ancestral abode of the adelphogamous Ahmose and its associated Turkish city, and Parisina, the grandmother-in-law of Lucrezia Borgia, was incestuous in her own right."
"It is even conceivable that parasitic species are less "adelphogamous" than previously assumed since it has not been established with certainty that true brothers and sisters within polygynous colonies really mate with each other at all."

Etymology

From adelpho- + -gamous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: adelpho-
Suffix: -gamous

Inflected Forms

more adelphogamous (comparative) most adelphogamous (superlative)

Questions

What does adelphogamous mean?: Of, related to, or engaging in adelphogamy.
Where does adelphogamous come from?: From adelpho- + -gamous.

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