varietist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

variety +‎ -ist

Adjective[edit]

varietist (comparative more varietist, superlative most varietist)

  1. (obsolete) Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.
    • 1973 November 9, Max Lerner, “Marriage: What's in That Name?”, in The Iowa Press-Citizen:
      We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist

Noun[edit]

varietist (plural varietists)

  1. (obsolete) A person who is nonmonogamous.
    • 2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.org[1]
      In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still.".

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