bigamousadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡəməs/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡəməs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin bigamus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin bigamus (see bigame adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier bigamus adj., bigame adj., and bigama adj., and compare also digamous adj.Early examples at bigamus adj. could alternatively be interpreted as showing this word.

Characterized by, committing, or guilty of bigamy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy > relating to or practising bigamy

bigamea1400

bigamusa1425

bigamous1671

bigamistic1834

bigamic1852

1671 tr. P. Du Moulin Monk's Hood pull'd Off i. xii. sig. E1 ^v Thou desirest to be instructed by the Apostolick See, Whether Priests that have divers Concubines, ought to be counted bigamous.

1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. XI. ii. 35 Not only those who have contracted two valid Marriages are to be accounted Bigamous, but those too who have contracted such as were nulled, because that although they were not in facto Bigamous.., yet the Intention of being so was the same.

1759 Dict. Holy Bible III. 1276/1 Tubal-cain, or Thubal-cain, son of Lamech the bigamous, and of Zillah.

1864 Times 17 Aug. 9/1 The effect of [Enoch] Arden's dying confession on his bigamous wife.

1866 Standard 2 June 7/4 He deserted her and contracted a bigamous marriage.

1900 P. F. Willert in Eng. Hist. Rev. July 590 Bigamous and trigamous marriages.

1961 PMLA 76 145 He is being duped by his sister's bigamous husband.

2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 8 Oct. 30 The fact that her new marriage was bigamous was academic by then.

Derivatives

ˈbigamously adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adverb] > polygamously > bigamously

bigamously1879

1879 Palo Alto Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) 18 Jan. 2/4 Mormons already bigamously or polygamously married.

1882 Standard 14 Oct. 2/7 Charged with bigamously intermarrying with one L——.

2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 19 [He] claimed he ‘forgot’ his first wife when he got married bigamously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bigamous
释义	bigamousadj. Brit. /ˈbɪɡəməs/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡəməs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin bigamus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin bigamus (see bigame adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier bigamus adj., bigame adj., and bigama adj., and compare also digamous adj.Early examples at bigamus adj. could alternatively be interpreted as showing this word. Characterized by, committing, or guilty of bigamy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy > relating to or practising bigamy bigamea1400 bigamusa1425 bigamous1671 bigamistic1834 bigamic1852 1671 tr. P. Du Moulin Monk's Hood pull'd Off i. xii. sig. E1 ^v Thou desirest to be instructed by the Apostolick See, Whether Priests that have divers Concubines, ought to be counted bigamous. 1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. XI. ii. 35 Not only those who have contracted two valid Marriages are to be accounted Bigamous, but those too who have contracted such as were nulled, because that although they were not in facto Bigamous.., yet the Intention of being so was the same. 1759 Dict. Holy Bible III. 1276/1 Tubal-cain, or Thubal-cain, son of Lamech the bigamous, and of Zillah. 1864 Times 17 Aug. 9/1 The effect of [Enoch] Arden's dying confession on his bigamous wife. 1866 Standard 2 June 7/4 He deserted her and contracted a bigamous marriage. 1900 P. F. Willert in Eng. Hist. Rev. July 590 Bigamous and trigamous marriages. 1961 PMLA 76 145 He is being duped by his sister's bigamous husband. 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 8 Oct. 30 The fact that her new marriage was bigamous was academic by then. Derivatives ˈbigamously adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adverb] > polygamously > bigamously bigamously1879 1879 Palo Alto Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) 18 Jan. 2/4 Mormons already bigamously or polygamously married. 1882 Standard 14 Oct. 2/7 Charged with bigamously intermarrying with one L——. 2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 19 [He] claimed he ‘forgot’ his first wife when he got married bigamously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1671
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