"a celibate, one who does not marry or refuses to marry," 1550s, with -ist + Greek agamos "unmarried," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + gamos "marriage, a wedding" (see gamete).
*ag-
aga
again
against
Agamemnon
agamist
agamy
agape
agaric
agate
Agatha
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