misogamy
(maɪs-, mɪˈsɒgəmɪ)
[ad. mod.L. misogami-a, a. Gr. *µῑσογαµί-α, f. µῑσόγαµος hating marriage (Stephanus), f. µῑσο- miso- + γάµος marriage. Cf. F. misogamie.]
Hatred of marriage.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Misogamie (misogamia), hating of marriage. 18.. Lamb Let. to Coleridge (L.), It is misogyny rather than misogamy that he affects. 1857 Chamb. Jrnl. VIII. 397 Not through any foolish independence of mankind, or adventurous misogamy. |
So miˈsogamist, a hater of marriage; misogamic (maɪsəʊ-, mɪsəʊˈgæmɪk) a., marriage-hating.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Misogamist, a Marriage-hater. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora II. 89 note, Notwithstanding all the bitterness of that gloomy misogamist Jerome. 1877 Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. 34 A cynical old misogamist. 1889 Pall Mall G. 7 Jan. 3/2 Any doubt he may have ever cherished in his misogamic breast concerning woman's creative capacity. |