Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting the pairing of animals or their paired state; nuptial; gamic; pertaining to the sexual relation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
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- adjective Pertaining to the state of
pairing togethersexually ; said ofanimals during periods ofprocreation and whilerearing theiroffspring .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were still a breech-cloth people, wearing this rag of barbarism as the unmistakable evidence of their condition; and the family was in the syndyasmian or pairing form, with separation at any moment at the option of either party.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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In savagery and in the Older and the Middle Period of barbarism the family was in the syndyasmian or pairing form into which it had passed from a previous lower form.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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In the Middle Status of barbarism the Indian tribes began to change descent from the female line to the male, as die syndyasmian family of the period began to assume monogamian characteristics.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
whichbe commented on the word syndyasmian
Marked by a loose temporary pair-bonding or one-night stand. (From The Phrontistery)
July 6, 2008
qms commented on the word syndyasmian
On wedding days I often share
The feelings of the nuptial pair.
The mood that it has me in
Is so syndiasmian
I nidificate with the table ware.
March 1, 2016