agamy

noun

ag·​a·​my

ˈa-gə-mē

plural -es

1

: absence, nonregulation, or nonrecognition of marriage

2

: agamogenesis

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek agamía "bachelorhood, celibacy," from ágamos "unmarried" + -ia -y entry 2

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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