perigynous adjective pe·rig·y·nous \ pə-ˈri-jə-nəs \ Trending Now: More Trending: lowlife kakistocracy slimeball salacious oligarch SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words lowlife 'a person of low moral character' kakistocracy 'government by the worst people' slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person' salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire' oligarch 'government in which a small group exercises control' SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of perigynous : borne on a ring or cup of the receptacle surrounding a pistil perigynous petals; also : having perigynous stamens and petals perigynous flowers — perigyny play \pə-ˈri-jə-nē\ noun Origin and Etymology of perigynous New Latin perigynus, from peri- + -gynus -gynous NEW! Time Traveler First Known Use: 1807 See Words from the same year Seen and Heard What made you want to look up perigynous? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide