exogamous (eksogamus)

[ Thus there are in China large bodies of related clansmen, each generally bearing the same clan name. They are exogamous : no man will marry a woman having the same clan name as himself. Maine , Early Law and Custom, p. 223. Peace and friendship were unknown between separate groups or tribes in early times, except when they were forced to unite against common enemies. While this state of enmity lasted, exogamous tribes never could get wives except by theft or force. McLennan, Prim. Marriage, iii.