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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)
- Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
- fraternal
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