Other Word Forms
- bigamously adverb
- unbigamous adjective
- unbigamously adverb
Etymology
Origin of bigamous
1860–65; < Late Latin bigamus, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + Greek -gamos -gamous
Example Sentences
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If so, her marriage to John is bigamous, and his candidacy is almost sure to fail.
From Washington Post
His second - to Jane Mitchum - was bigamous and ended with her throwing claw hammers through his windscreen.
From BBC
Her husband was questioned on suspicion of murder but there was not enough evidence to charge him, although it did emerge Shotton had married her bigamously and so he served a prison term for that.
From BBC
His bigamous wife was very much a victim but in a different way.
From BBC
In 1914 his father deserted the family and moved back to Germany, where he married again bigamously.
From The Guardian
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