adelphic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδελφικός (adelphikós, “brotherly”), from ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”). By surface analysis, adelpho- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

adelphic (comparative more adelphic, superlative most adelphic)

  1. Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
  2. fraternal

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