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monoamorous

monoamorous adjective: being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).

Adjective

monoamorous (not comparable)

  1. Being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).
    • That is, if we were monogamous/monoamorous, she would not have had a chance to explore these feelings without threatening the relationship. Our first few threesomes were very much oriented towards Janice, with less attention given to me (which turns out to be okay; as the saying goes, "I like to...1992 June 10, Jamais A. Cascio=, Bi/Polyamory Blend, alt.polyamory, Usenet

Forms of monoamorous

alternative formmonamorous

Origin of monoamorous

Attested since 1992, from monoamor(y) (which see) + -ous, possibly modelled on polyamorous.

Questions about monoamorous

What does monoamorous mean?
Monoamorous means being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).
What part of speech is monoamorous?
Monoamorous is an adjective.

Words near monoamorous in the dictionary

  1. monoaminylation
  2. monoaminylations
  3. monoammonium
  4. monoamniotic
  5. monoamnioticity
  6. monoamorous
  7. monoamory
  8. monoanaesthesia
  9. monoandrous
  10. monoandry
  11. monoanhydride

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