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adelphic

adelphic adjective: describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers.

Adjective

adelphic (comparative more adelphic, superlative most adelphic)

  1. Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
  2. fraternal

Forms of adelphic

comparativemore adelphic
superlativemost adelphic

Origin of adelphic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδελφικός (adelphikós, “brotherly”), from ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”). By surface analysis, adelpho- + -ic.

Questions about adelphic

What does adelphic mean?
Adelphic means describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers.
What part of speech is adelphic?
Adelphic is an adjective.

Words near adelphic in the dictionary

  1. Adelphi
  2. adelphia
  3. Adelphian
  4. Adelphians
  5. adelphias
  6. adelphic
  7. Adelphius
  8. adelpho-
  9. adelphogamous
  10. adelphogamy
  11. adelphoi

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