Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyamorist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyamor-ist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advocate or practitioner of polyamory.

Example Sentences

"This lack of interest in multi-party marriage among polyamorists is particularly interesting given the fact that, as mentioned above, there is often a legal marriage between at least two of the partners in a polyfidelitous group."

Etymology

Etymology tree English polyamory 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 polyamorist From polyamory + -ist.

Inflected Forms

polyamorists (plural)

Questions

What does polyamorist mean?: An advocate or practitioner of polyamory.
Where does polyamorist come from?: Etymology tree English polyamory 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 polyamorist From polyamory + -ist.

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