polyandrous
/pˌɑlˌiˈændɹəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
adj
Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.
Example Sentences
- "Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally."
- "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men."