Metamour

//ˈmɛ.tə.mʊə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved. uncommon

    "I get it less with women who are bi and poly than with women who are monosexual and monogamous/monoamorous, but I can't put my finger on why, and there are exceptions in both directions. I get it less with metamours than with women who are unrelated, but maybe that's just because if my metamours were alien to me, there's a fair chance they'd be alien to my partners too, or conversely that I'd have been alien to the partners when they were still just potential partners, and hence we'd never become metamours in the first place."

Example

More examples

"Why is my metamour in the car with Tom?"

Etymology

From meta- + amour, probably influenced by paramour.

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