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Polygamy Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix poly-

Polygamy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

2

The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
marriage
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
polyandry polygyny

Origin

The word "polygamy" comes from the Ancient Greek polúgamos, meaning "married to many." It is formed by combining the word for "many" with the word for "marriage."

Rhyming Words
amy mamy lamy samy gamy beamy keamy flamy shamy foamy loamy seamy agamy steamy digamy bigamy infamy oogamy dreamy creamy
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