trigamy

American  

[trig-uh-mee] / ˈtrɪg ə mi /

noun

1. the state of having three wives or three husbands at one time.

2. the state of having been lawfully married to three wives or three husbands at different times.

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Other Word Forms

• trigamist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of trigamy

1605–15; < Late Latin trigamia < Greek trigamía, equivalent to trígam ( os ) thrice-married + -ia -y ³. See tri-, -gamy

Example Sentences

This curious person, whose good works have already led him to commit trigamy, engages a band of actors to enter a dismal lodging house and play roles necessary to the happiness of the various inmates.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such classifications are puerile and fanciful," said Miss Gale; "but, for that very reason, they don't infect animals with trigamy.

From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles

A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

Whether it was, that, if trigamy should come into fashion, there would be three times as many chances to enjoy the luxury of saying, "No!" is more than I can tell you.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

Because he wants to get his picture, as the peer convicted of trigamy, on the back page of the ‘Daily Mail,’ with the fourth wife inset.

From If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson by Pain, Barry