† bigamusadj.n.

Inflections: Plural bigami.

Forms: Middle English–1800s bigamus, 1500s bygamus.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French bigamus; Latin bigamus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman bigamus (adjective and noun) (person) who has married a second time (13th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin bigamus (see bigame n. and adj.). Compare bigama adj., bigame adj.Early examples could instead be interpreted as showing bigamous adj.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Bigamous.

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

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 87 Herfor was Crist not bigamus, ne brake not his matrimonye.

1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) viii. xiii. sig. Eviii/1 For thou arte bigamus, & twyes weddyd First to crist in thy baptym, and after to the feende by assent to syn.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclvii Therfore was it alleged against this Goldsmyth that he was Bigamus.

1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. III. xvi. 353 So as yf he came not to be trigamus with Brucer, yet was he bigamus at least.

1683 E. Hickeringill Test (ed. 2) ii. 3 There are Maids enow, what need have Priests to be bigamus?

1883 J. F. Stephen Hist. Criminal Law Eng. viii. 262 Whether Hugo was bigamus, and whether he had committed rape.

B. n.

A bigamist.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > bigamy > one who

bigamusa1575

bigamist1633

digamist1656

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 43 So doth he dispense with a bygamus.

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. 395 Tonsured Clerks, provided they be not Bigami.

1783 J. Reeves Hist. Eng. Law I. vii. 395 The statute of bigamy, called so from a provision made respecting bigami..was made in the same year as the former.

1851 C. Elliott Delineation Rom. Catholicism (new ed.) II. xiv. 375 Tonsured clergymen, though married, provided they be not bigami, are exempt from lay jurisdiction.

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

单词	bigamus
释义	† bigamusadj.n. Inflections: Plural bigami. Forms: Middle English–1800s bigamus, 1500s bygamus. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French bigamus; Latin bigamus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman bigamus (adjective and noun) (person) who has married a second time (13th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin bigamus (see bigame n. and adj.). Compare bigama adj., bigame adj.Early examples could instead be interpreted as showing bigamous adj. Obsolete. A. adj. Bigamous. 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 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 87 Herfor was Crist not bigamus, ne brake not his matrimonye. 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) viii. xiii. sig. Eviii/1 For thou arte bigamus, & twyes weddyd First to crist in thy baptym, and after to the feende by assent to syn. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclvii Therfore was it alleged against this Goldsmyth that he was Bigamus. 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. III. xvi. 353 So as yf he came not to be trigamus with Brucer, yet was he bigamus at least. 1683 E. Hickeringill Test (ed. 2) ii. 3 There are Maids enow, what need have Priests to be bigamus? 1883 J. F. Stephen Hist. Criminal Law Eng. viii. 262 Whether Hugo was bigamus, and whether he had committed rape. B. n. A bigamist. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > bigamy > one who bigamusa1575 bigamist1633 digamist1656 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 43 So doth he dispense with a bygamus. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. 395 Tonsured Clerks, provided they be not Bigami. 1783 J. Reeves Hist. Eng. Law I. vii. 395 The statute of bigamy, called so from a provision made respecting bigami..was made in the same year as the former. 1851 C. Elliott Delineation Rom. Catholicism (new ed.) II. xiv. 375 Tonsured clergymen, though married, provided they be not bigami, are exempt from lay jurisdiction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1425
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