“polygamic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

polygamic

释义

polygamic, a.|pɒlɪˈgæmɪk|
[f. late Gr. πολύγαµος often married, polygamous + -ic. So F. polygamique.]
Of or pertaining to polygamy; (less correctly) practising polygamy, polygamous.
1819Shelley P. Bell Prol. 36 He was an evil Cotter, And a polygamic Potter.1882Athenæum 23 Sept. 393/1 Umpengula's account of the [Zulu] law of heritage in polygamic households.1884J. W. Barclay in 19th Cent. Jan. 183 Governor Murray lays comparatively little stress on the polygamic difficulty.
So polyˈgamical a.; polyˈgamically adv., in the way of polygamy.
1819Metropolis II. 156 With every polygamical inclination, neither of his present wives seem to claim him.1863Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xx, To suppose the family groups of whom the majority of emigrants were composed, polygamically possessed, would be to suppose an absurdity.1914Chesterton Flying Inn 69 Why should you shrink then, ladies, from this great polygamical experiment?

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容：

“polygamic”的英文意思

“polygamious”的英文意思

“骶静脉丛”英文翻译

“polygalin”的英文意思

Roman是什么意思

“骶腰肌”英文翻译

相关推荐