polygamic

American  

[pol-ee-gam-ik] / ˌpɒl iˈgæm ɪk /

adjective

1. polygamous.

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Etymology

Origin of polygamic

First recorded in 1810–20; polygam(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

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polygamic

“We don’t know if that is the result of men becoming widows and having sequential spouses or, much the contrary, polygamic practices,” Dr. Rihuete-Herrada, a co-author of the genetic study, said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

Reference has already been made to the fact that, before leaving Nauvoo, Heber, like many of his brethren, had entered upon his career as a polygamic patriarch.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. Whitney

Can the wife in any sort of polygamic arrangement, or a woman of no assured status, attain to the maternal possibilities of the ideal monogamic wife?

From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Thus early in the history of the race polygamic relations were recognized.

From The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Side by side with these long secular changes, he evolved the family, communal or patriarchal, polygamic or monogamous.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen