exogamous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related
adjective pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe

exogamy + -ous or exo- + -gamous

Some tribes have but one central tribal house, others may have two or three; but each house would have its absolutely independent chief and would be exogamous. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
And many Dravidian castes which are identified with this cult have the striking peculiarity of being exogamous as contrasted with the endogamy of the Aryan section of Hindu castes. — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones

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