Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Marrying, or pertaining to the custom of marrying, within the tribe or group; pertaining to, practising, or characterized by endogamy: opposed to exogamous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of a marriage Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
  • adjective pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe

Etymologies

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endo- + -gamous

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