polygamous
adjective
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
polygamously
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a word derived from
polygamous.
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a word derived from
polygamy.
polygamynounthe practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time.
Example Sentences
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"If someone is polygamously working, we will prosecute them," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Receiving the appointment of revenue collector at Mobile, he discarded the probate judgeship, to which Hill was appointed, but polygamously refused to be divorced from the other love, the senatorship.
From When the Ku Klux Rode by Eyre Damer
