Aetheogamous

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: ā.Ä“'thēŏʹgÉ™mÉ™s, IPA: /eɪˌiːθiːˈɒɡəmÉ™s/,

Alternative forms

• aëtheogamous

Origin

aetheogam + -ous

“aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

nd

1989

Full definition of aetheogamous

Adjective

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

Usage notes

Being ultimately derived from the two vowels ἀή (alpha-eta: aē), rather than the diphthong αἰ (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