bigamous

[ big-uh-muhs ]

adjective

1. having two wives or husbands at the same time; guilty of bigamy.
2. involving bigamy.

Other Words From

• biga·mous·ly adverb
• un·biga·mous adjective
• un·biga·mous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigamous¹

1860–65; < Late Latin bigamus, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + Greek -gamos -gamous

Example Sentences

Grayson is the second prominent Democrat in the past two centuries to be accused of being in a bigamous marriage.

From The Daily Beast

We can do no more, save humbly to recommend your Majesty to enforce the rigours of the law against this bigamous female.'

From Project Gutenberg

For unless the indictment sets forth a valid prior marriage it is obvious that the subsequent marriage cannot be bigamous.

From Project Gutenberg

Smethursts victim was a Miss Bankes, with whom he had contracted a bigamous marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

A bigamous marriage, by the ecclesiastical law of England, is simply void.

From Project Gutenberg

Every man to his trade, cries the bigamous cobbler, with shell-bark resonance, and tenaciously sticks to his last.

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