polygamic
[ pol-ee-gam-ik ]
adjective
Origin of polygamic
1First recorded in 1810–20; polygam(y) + -ic
Words Nearby polygamic
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How to use polygamic in a sentence
Side by side with these long secular changes, he evolved the family, communal or patriarchal, polygamic or monogamous.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenThe “Oneida Communists” are essentially polygamic, although they have no marriage system.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information | AnonymousThis is the solid fact underlying the more hazardous statement, so often made, that woman is monogamic and man polygamic.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis
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