aetheogamous

See also: aëtheogamous

English

Alternative forms

aëtheogamous

Etymology

aetheogam +‎ -ous[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ā.ē'thēŏʹgəməs, IPA^(key): /eɪˌiːθiːˈɒɡəməs/,[1]

Adjective

aetheogamous (not comparable)

(botany)[1] Of the nature of an aetheogam.

Usage notes

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

cryptogamous

References

“aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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