monogamous

[ muh-nog-uh-muh s ]

/ məˈnɒg ə məs /

practicing or advocating monogamy.

of or relating to monogamy.

Also monogamic.

Origin of monogamous

1760–70; < Late Latin monogamus < Greek monógamos marrying only once. See mono-, -gamous

mo·nog·a·mous·ly, adverb mo·nog·a·mous·ness, noun non·mo·nog·a·mous, adjective non·mo·nog·a·mous·ly, adverb

Fernandez-Duque discovered that owl monkeys are the only reliably monogamous mammal species.

P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks |P. J. O’Rourke |April 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He and Turner, whose devoted relationship is “very deep and loving,” are not monogamous.

Armistead Maupin Bids Farewell to 'Tales' |Tim Teeman |February 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There are open relationships and monogamous relationships and serious dating and sleeping around.

HBO’s ‘Looking,’ Gays, and Sex: Are We All Expecting Too Much? |Kevin Fallon |January 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Krasnow considers herself pro-marriage, and has been monogamous for 23 years.

Is Cheating the Secret to a Happy Marriage? |Jessica Bennett |October 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Porton: I believe you were monogamous up to the time you started the magazine in 1953.

Hugh Hefner's Legacy |Richard Porton |July 29, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Monogamous marriage became, from the start, an object of material speculation.

Woman under socialism |August Bebel
Many savage tribes, like the Veddahs and the Andamanese, are monogamous, as are also a certain number of mammals and birds.

The Races of Man |Joseph Deniker
Our longer period of immaturity gives us monogamous marriage and the permanent home.

The home |Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The monogamous family has indisputably been the civilizing unit of the pre-mechanical civilized state.

Anticipations |Herbert George Wells
The Igorrotes, or wild inhabitants of Luzon, though primitive in development, are monogamous.

Oriental Women |Edward Bagby Pollard