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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 ● Apr. 9, 2023
His second - to Jane Mitchum - was bigamous and ended with her throwing claw hammers through his windscreen.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2022
In fact, his parents’ marriage was a bigamous one, as Fairbanks’s father had not been divorced from his first wife.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2015
Thrusting the lurid details of Philpott's crime and his bigamous lifestyle into a serious debate was a tasteless move, according to opposition lawmakers and some groups campaigning against poverty.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2013
Inquiries discreetly conducted had revealed the terrible truth, that Madame had been faithless to him, had light-heartedly assumed the death of her husband, and had contracted what was nothing less than a bigamous marriage.
From Castles in the Air by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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