aetheogamous
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See also: aëtheogamous
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ā.ē'thēŏʹgəməs, IPA(key): /eɪˌiːθiːˈɒɡəməs/,[1]
Adjective[edit]
aetheogamous (not comparable)
Usage notes[edit]
- Being ultimately derived from the two vowels ἀή (aḗ) (alpha-eta: aē), rather than the diphthong αἰ (ai) (alpha-iota: ai), the initial ae- of aetheogamous can only properly be written as two separate letters (ae), with a diaeresis atop the e (as aëtheogamous) being optional; the spellings *ætheogamous and *etheogamous are, therefore, erroneous.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]