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metamour

Syllables: met·a·mourUK/ˈmɛ.tə.mʊə//ˈmɛ.tə.mʊɹ/

metamour noun: in a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.

Noun

metamour (plural metamours)

  1. In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.
    • I get it less with women who are bi and poly than with women who are monosexual and monogamous/monoamorous, but I can't put my finger on why, and there are exceptions in both directions. I get it less with metamours than with women who are unrelated, but maybe that's just because if my metamours...2000 August 11, Liz W, “When your wife loves to be at the center …!”, in alt.polyamory (Usenet)
    • Even over Zoom, Anna has features that instill jealousy – thick brown hair, camera-ready cheekbones, intense green eyes — and in considering how jealous I would feel if Anna (or honestly any of this polycule, because yes, reader, they are all hot) were my metamour, I imagine what it would be like...2024 January 16, Allison P. Davis, “What Does a Polycule Actually Look Like?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Nov...
    Synonyms:
    meta

Synonyms of metamour

Forms of metamour

pluralmetamours
alternative formmetamor

Origin of metamour

From meta- (“transcending”) + amour (“lover”), likely influenced by paramour.

Words formed from metamour

Questions about metamour

What does metamour mean?
Metamour means in a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.
What part of speech is metamour?
Metamour is a noun.
How do you pronounce metamour?
Metamour is pronounced /ˈmɛ.tə.mʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of metamour?
The plural of metamour is metamours.

Words near metamour in the dictionary

  1. metamorphosizing
  2. metamorphotic
  3. metamorphous
  4. metamorphs
  5. metamorphy
  6. metamour
  7. metamours
  8. metamphetamine
  9. metamudstone
  10. metamudstones
  11. metamunirite

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