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Word: Bigamy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French bigamie, from bigame ‘bigamous’, from late Latin bigamus, from bi- ‘twice’ + Greek -gamos ‘married’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɪɡəmi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.
Short Definition:offence of marrying someone while already married to another person
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