Definition of trigamous in English:

trigamous

adjective ˈtrɪɡəməsˈtriɡəməs

Having three wives or husbands at the same time.
Example sentencesExamples
- Marriages between members of clades with more than two sexes (such as the Genen Keymales) are known as trigamous, quadrigamous, and so on.
- There were four cases of monogamy, as well as two bigamous and at least one trigamous relationship in the local population.
- Trigamous insect has no wing and the differences between metameres are not obvious.
- Jia Fangjun and his team carried out the research on the development of the rare gobiocypris rarus ¡ ¯s artificial trigamous core and male core.

Derivatives

trigamist

noun

In fact, he's engaged to three of the latter, and each of them spends every spare moment with this entrenched trigamist.
Example sentencesExamples
- In times of abundant prey, male saw-whet owls may be bigamists and even trigamists, supporting two or three mates during one breeding season.
- Kahn's obituary recounted his impressive resumé but no mention was made of the fact that he was also a trigamist who had secretly kept three separate families for years.
- We have taken to the custom of condemning trigamists to five years excommunication not on the ground of any canon but only on the ground of usage followed by those who have preceded us.
- She then married a man who we have lovingly named a trigamist; he was married to two other chicks at the same time that he was married to my mother.

trigamy

noun

Maran confirms this opinion by the comparison of the imposition on polygamy of the same number of years of penance as are assigned to trigamy in Canon iv.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many examples of banished noblemen could be given: among them, the grandson of Columbus, Luis, Duke of Veragua, who was condemned to ten years in Oran for trigamy and died there in 1573.
- She is not a woman to worry excessively about committing bigamy and now she is blithely preparing to move ahead into trigamy.
- This curious person, whose good works have already led him to commit trigamy, engages a band of actors to enter a dismal lodging house and play roles necessary to the happiness of the various inmates.
- Out of his numerous mental troubles he concocted a new order of conduct which he called trigamy for the ‘female felicity and comfort.’

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek trigamos (from tri- 'three' + gamos 'marriage') + -ous. The nouns trigamist and trigamy date from the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

bigamous, polygamous

Definition of trigamous in US English:

trigamous

adjectiveˈtriɡəməs

Having three wives or husbands at the same time.
Example sentencesExamples
- Jia Fangjun and his team carried out the research on the development of the rare gobiocypris rarus ¡ ¯s artificial trigamous core and male core.
- Marriages between members of clades with more than two sexes (such as the Genen Keymales) are known as trigamous, quadrigamous, and so on.
- There were four cases of monogamy, as well as two bigamous and at least one trigamous relationship in the local population.
- Trigamous insect has no wing and the differences between metameres are not obvious.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek trigamos (from tri- ‘three’ + gamos ‘marriage’) + -ous. The nouns trigamist and trigamy date from the mid 17th century.

单词	trigamous
释义	Definition of trigamous in English: trigamous adjective ˈtrɪɡəməsˈtriɡəməs Having three wives or husbands at the same time. Example sentencesExamples Marriages between members of clades with more than two sexes (such as the Genen Keymales) are known as trigamous, quadrigamous, and so on. There were four cases of monogamy, as well as two bigamous and at least one trigamous relationship in the local population. Trigamous insect has no wing and the differences between metameres are not obvious. Jia Fangjun and his team carried out the research on the development of the rare gobiocypris rarus ¡ ¯s artificial trigamous core and male core. Derivatives trigamist noun In fact, he's engaged to three of the latter, and each of them spends every spare moment with this entrenched trigamist. Example sentencesExamples In times of abundant prey, male saw-whet owls may be bigamists and even trigamists, supporting two or three mates during one breeding season. Kahn's obituary recounted his impressive resumé but no mention was made of the fact that he was also a trigamist who had secretly kept three separate families for years. We have taken to the custom of condemning trigamists to five years excommunication not on the ground of any canon but only on the ground of usage followed by those who have preceded us. She then married a man who we have lovingly named a trigamist; he was married to two other chicks at the same time that he was married to my mother. trigamy noun Maran confirms this opinion by the comparison of the imposition on polygamy of the same number of years of penance as are assigned to trigamy in Canon iv. Example sentencesExamples Many examples of banished noblemen could be given: among them, the grandson of Columbus, Luis, Duke of Veragua, who was condemned to ten years in Oran for trigamy and died there in 1573. She is not a woman to worry excessively about committing bigamy and now she is blithely preparing to move ahead into trigamy. This curious person, whose good works have already led him to commit trigamy, engages a band of actors to enter a dismal lodging house and play roles necessary to the happiness of the various inmates. Out of his numerous mental troubles he concocted a new order of conduct which he called trigamy for the ‘female felicity and comfort.’ Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek trigamos (from tri- 'three' + gamos 'marriage') + -ous. The nouns trigamist and trigamy date from the mid 17th century. Rhymes bigamous, polygamous Definition of trigamous in US English: trigamous adjectiveˈtriɡəməs Having three wives or husbands at the same time. Example sentencesExamples Jia Fangjun and his team carried out the research on the development of the rare gobiocypris rarus ¡ ¯s artificial trigamous core and male core. Marriages between members of clades with more than two sexes (such as the Genen Keymales) are known as trigamous, quadrigamous, and so on. There were four cases of monogamy, as well as two bigamous and at least one trigamous relationship in the local population. Trigamous insect has no wing and the differences between metameres are not obvious. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek trigamos (from tri- ‘three’ + gamos ‘marriage’) + -ous. The nouns trigamist and trigamy date from the mid 17th century.
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