agamist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English agamy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English agamist From agamy + -ist.
Meanings
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An unmarried person celibate by choice.
After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.
1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| agamists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |