Pantagamy (noun)
pan-tag-a-mee
(historic) (US) A communal system of marriage in which all the men and women of a household or community are regarded as married to each other, formerly practised by the Perfectionist community at Oneida, New York State (1848–79).
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Nichol (1833–1894), literary scholar and writer. From panta-, variant of panto- + -gamy.
Example sentences
“The pantagamy so adhered to that no one really knew who their true parents were.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
