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bigamy
English
Etymology
From Middle English bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously, bigamy; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman bigamie and Middle French bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) (modern French bigamie (“bigamy”)), and its etymon Late Latin bigamia (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage”), from Late Latin, Latin bigamus (“bigamous”) + -ia (variant of -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Bigamus is derived from bis (“twice, two times”) + Ancient Greek ????? (gámos, “marriage; matrimony”) (from Proto-Indo-European *?em- (“to marry”)). The English word is analysable as bi- +? -gamy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?b???mi/
- Hyphenation: bi?ga?my
Noun
bigamy (countable and uncountable, plural bigamies)
- The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
- (ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.
- Synonyms: deuterogamy, digamy
Alternative forms
- bigamie (obsolete)
Hyponyms
- biandry
- bigyny
Coordinate terms
- monogamy (monandry, monogyny)
- omnigamy
- polygamy (polyandry, polygyny)
Derived terms
- bigamist
Related terms
Translations
See also
- polyamory
- plural marriage
References
Further reading
- bigamy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bigamy (canon law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bigamy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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trigamy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (trígamos), from ???? (tría, “three”) + ????? (gámos, “marriage”). Synchronically, tri- +? -gamy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??.??.mi/
Noun
trigamy (countable and uncountable, plural trigamies)
- The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
- (ecclesiastical) A third marriage.
Derived terms
- trigamist
- trigamous
Translations
See also
- bigamy
- tri-
Anagrams
- ragtimy
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