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cacogamy

/kəˈkɒɡəmi/

cacogamy noun: any kind of socially unacceptable marriage.

Noun

cacogamy (uncountable)

  1. any kind of socially unacceptable marriage

Origin of cacogamy

By surface analysis, caco- (“bad”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

Questions about cacogamy

What does cacogamy mean?
Cacogamy means any kind of socially unacceptable marriage.
What part of speech is cacogamy?
Cacogamy is a noun.
How do you pronounce cacogamy?
Cacogamy is pronounced /kəˈkɒɡəmi/.

Words near cacogamy in the dictionary

  1. cacoethes
  2. cacoethic
  3. cacoethical
  4. cacoethically
  5. cacoethics
  6. cacogamy
  7. cacogastric
  8. cacogenesis
  9. cacogenic
  10. cacogenics
  11. cacogeusia

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