| Title | digamy |
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| Text |
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dig·a·my (plural -mies) ETYMOLOGY Late Latin digamia, from Late Greek, from Greek digamos married to two people, from di- + -gamos -gamous DATE 1635 : a second marriage after the termination of the first Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dig·a·my \ˈdigəmē\ noun (-es) Etymology: Late Latin digamia, from Late Greek, from digamos married twice (from Greek, adulterous, from di- + -gamos -gamous) + Greek -ia -y : a legal second marriage after the termination of a first marriage (as by death or divorce of the spouse) — called also deuterogamy; distinguished from bigamy |
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