amadelphous

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/ˌæməˈdɛlfəs/

adjective

Outgoing; gregarious.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveamadelphous (comparative more amadelphous, superlative most amadelphous)

comparative more amadelphous · superlative most amadelphous

  1. Outgoing; gregarious.

    Throughout her existence under their roof, even in their bathtub, she had been a troubled, salient child, eyeful as a scan daisy, as probing as a scutiger, but ever so rationally troubling to the dokladchiki under a load of birchbark documents, business notes, and amadelphous messages.

    2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber: A Novel by Neil Baker, →ISBN, page 38

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἅμα“together”
  2. Englishamadelphous

From Ancient Greek ἅμα (háma, “together”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brotherly”).

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APA

amadelphous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadelphous

MLA

“amadelphous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadelphous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amadelphous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadelphous.

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