bigamynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɪɡ.ə.mi/us/ˈbɪɡ.ə.mi/the crime of marrying a person while already legally married to someone else:
In court, he admitted that he had committed bigamy.
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Relationships: infidelity
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer
- adultery
- bit
- cheat
- cheat on sb
- co-respondent
- fool
- fool around
- go off with sb
- inconstant
- infidelity
- mess
- play
- screw
- screw around
- side
- step
- step out on sb
- two-time
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bigamist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/us/ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/
He was accused of being a bigamist.
bigamous
adjective uk/ˈbɪɡ.ə.məs/us/ˈbɪɡ.ə.məs/
a bigamous marriage
bigamously
adverb uk/ˈbɪɡ.məs.li/us/ˈbɪɡ.məs.li/
She has been married four times, once bigamously.