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Meaning of "bigamous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIGAMOUS

bigamous  [ˈbɪɡəməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIGAMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bigamous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BIGAMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bigamous

Polygamy

Polygamy is a marriage that includes more than two partners. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, the relationship is called polygyny; and when a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called group or conjoint marriage. The term is used in related ways in social anthropology, sociology, as well as in popular speech. In contrast, monogamy is a marriage consisting of only two parties. Like monogamy, the term polygamy is often used in a de facto sense, applied regardless of whether the relationship is recognized by the state. In sociobiology and zoology, polygamy is used in a broad sense to mean any form of multiple mating. The only form in which polygamy is legally recognised in countries which do so, is for a man to take multiple wives. In those countries that do not permit polygamy, a person who marries a second person while still being lawfully married is committing the crime of bigamy. In the global context, acceptance of polygamy is common.

Definition of bigamous in the English dictionary

The definition of bigamous in the dictionary is affected by or practising bigamy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIGAMOUS


agamous
ˈæɡəməs
allogamous
æˈlɒɡəməs
anisogamous
ˌænaɪˈsɒɡəməs
autogamous
ɔ:ˈtɒɡəməs
chasmogamous
kæzˈmɒɡəməs
cryptogamic
krɪpˈtɒɡəməs
cryptogamous
krɪpˈtɒɡəməs
digamous
ˈdɪɡəməs
exogamous
ɛkˈsɒɡəməs
hercogamous
hɜːˈkɒɡəməs
heterogamous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒɡəməs
homogamous
hɒˈmɒɡəməs
isogamous
aɪˈsəɡəməs
monogamous
məˈnɒɡəməs
nonmonogamous
ˌnɒnməˈnɒɡəməs
phaenogamous
fiːˈnɒɡəməs
polygamous
pəˈlɪɡəməs
syngamous
ˈsɪŋɡəməs
trigamous
ˈtrɪɡəməs
zoogamous
zəʊˈɒɡəməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIGAMOUS

big-note
big-room
big-sounding
big-style
big-ticket
big-time
big-timer
biga
bigamies
bigamist
bigamously
bigamy
bigarade
bigarreau
bigeminal
bigeminy
bigener
bigeneric
bigeye
bigeyeye

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIGAMOUS

anonymous
apogamous
biramous
cleistogamous
dichogamous
didynamous
endogamous
famous
geitonogamous
hypergamous
infamous
monothalamous
phanerogamous
polythalamous
ramous
squamous
tetradynamous
unfamous
uniramous
world-famous
xenogamous

Synonyms and antonyms of bigamous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bigamous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIGAMOUS

Find out the translation of bigamous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bigamous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bigamous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重婚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bígamo
570 millions of speakers

English

bigamous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्विविवाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bigamous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бигамным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bígamo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিবিবাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bigame
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bigamous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bigamistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bigamous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bigamous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự hai vợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bigamous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki eşli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bigamo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bigamiczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бігамним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bigam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bigamous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bigamiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bigamous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bigamous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bigamous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGAMOUS»

The term «bigamous» is normally little used and occupies the 128.509 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGAMOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bigamous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bigamous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bigamous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIGAMOUS»

Discover the use of bigamous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bigamous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne
The fact that relatively few female bigamists show up in the records, however, does not imply that relatively few women entered into bigamous marriages. The scant offerings in the register tell us instead that the court officials in Troyes do not ...
Sara McDougall, 2012
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Marmots: Social Behavior and Ecology
i = monogamous I = bigamous 4.1 Liner size .25 Litters per female 1.0 No. of females 1.5 Young per year 2.0 Tenure (years) 6.0 50 Young Survival of per lifetime young 3.0 Yearlings per lifetime .30 Survival of yearlings 2-year-olds per lifetime ...
David P. Barash, 1989
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Judge Advocate General's Corps Board of Review and Judicial ...
The testimony of Elizabeth Louise Tilley (nee Richter) corroborates suoh faot and further establishes that that marriage was never dissolved by divorce and that on the date of the alleged bigamous marriage she was the accused's subsisting ...
Author
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Marriage, Family, and Law in Medieval Europe: Collected Studies
Given the large number of clandestine marriages it is not surprising that there were many bigamous unions. Here the word 'bigamous' is intended to apply to a marriage involving an individual simultaneously united to two or more spouses, ...
Michael M. Sheehan, James K. Farge, 1997
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American Family Laws, Volume I: A Comparative Study of the ...
Section 46. Prohibited Marriages — Bigamous Cross References: Annulment, Sec. SO; Divorce, Sec. 73 Bigamous marriages are both criminally and civilly condemned by all fifty-one of the American jurisdictions. Their unanimity of attitude on ...
American Family Laws, Volume I
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Special Reports : Marriage and Divorce, 1867-1906
Prohibited marriages: Marriages within prohibited degrees; bigamous marriages; marriage of a person who is epileptic, imbecile, feeble-minded, or insane, as modified by the act of April 11, 1901. The act of April 11, 1901, provides that ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1909
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Sources of Family Law
If the law declares a bigamous marriage void and criminal, is this court nevertheless to treat it as valid and refuse to declare the truth by reason of the conduct, however un- meritorious, of one or both of the parties to it? The consequences to ...
8
Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large ...
Most bigamous matings occurred in 1983, but even in this year of extensive breeding all bigamous males bred monogamously more often than bigamously. In the next year of extensive breeding, 1987, no bigamous pairs were formed.
B. Rosemary Grant, 1989
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Law Relating to Cruelty to Husband: Divorce and Maintenance ...
That would be for the purpose of precaution or record or evidence, that the bigamous marriage is non-existent and simply because there is no recourse to the Court, it cannot be said that it exists unless and until a decree is passed declaring it ...
Pramod Kumar Das, 2010
10
Liberalism Undressed
“Homosexual couples and bigamous trios might complain that their liberty is infringed [by the state's refusal to recognize such marriages as legal], but such a complaint would not be convincing,” says Feinberg. For the state has merely failed to ...
Jethro K. Lieberman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIGAMOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bigamous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judicial declaration of nullity of marriage necessary
In the situation of your sister and brother-in-law, it may be said that theirs is a bigamous marriage considering that your brother-in-law ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
2
Woman moves Delhi HC against 'bigamous' senior police officer
A 36-year-old woman has asked the Delhi High Court for legal action against a senior Delhi Police officer, after claiming that he tied the knot ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
3
Lady Rozelle Raynes - the nice Lady with the common touch
Their marriage was ruled bigamous and she was ordered to pass the property on to the duke's nephew, Captain Charles Medows RN, who ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
4
Orange Is The New Black Season 3: Episode 7 recap, Norma, the …
Norma ends up pushing her bigamous husband off the side of a mountain after he yells at her and calls her useless. orange is the new black ... «melty.com, Jun 15»
5
HC declines to order disciplinary proceeding for bigamy
The department cannot initiate criminal action for bigamous marriage, the judge said, adding, the department could be slow in taking action in ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
6
Dramatic moment sham wedding couple are led away in handcuffs
Bigamous bride Olivia Godefroy, 22, and her fiancé Devine Abanda, 27, were about to begin the ceremony at Winchester Register Office when ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Victorian "Black Widow" poisoner will be played by Downton actress …
Cotton was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, in 1832. She married four times, although her fourth marriage was bigamous, and three of ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
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To wed or not: How to avoid an annulment
... (2) an existing prior marriage which makes the current one bigamous; and (3) lack of an essential or formal requirement of marriage, such as ... «GMA News, Jun 15»
9
Brit Movies: One Anglophile's Take on "Far From the Madding …
... it's almost enough to take one's mind off the fact that he's a gold-digging, bigamous, spendthrift willing to tell his wife that he never loved her ... «Anglotopia.net, Jun 15»
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Ruttle to be laid to rest in family plot
They were never married and previously she entered a bigamous marriage in the US where she and her un-lawful husband were jailed for a ... «Irish Examiner, May 15»

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