agapemone

agapemone
\\ˌagəˈpemə(ˌ)nē\ noun (-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from Agapemone, a communistic establishment that was founded ab1849 at Spaxton, England, and had a reputation for immoral behavior, irregular from Greek agapē love + monē stopping place, from menein to remain — more at mansion
: a free-love institution

allow Christopher to run an Agapemone in what was after all her own house — F.M.Ford


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