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big·a·mous

 (bĭg′ə-məs)
adj.
1. Involving bigamy.
2. Guilty of bigamy.

big′a·mous·ly adv.
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big•a•mous

(ˈbɪg ə məs)

adj.
1. having two wives or husbands at the same time.
2. involving bigamy.
[1860–65; < Late Latin bigamus=bi- bi-1 + Greek -gamos -gamous]
big′a•mous•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bigamous - of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a firstbigamous - of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first
polygamous - having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals
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Translations
bigamický
bigamistisk
tvíkvænis-
bigamický
iki eşliiki karılı/kocalı

bigamous

[ˈbɪgəməs] ADJbígamo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bigamous

[ˈbɪgəməs] adj [marriage] → bigame
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bigamous

adjbigamistisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bigamous

[ˈbɪgəməs] adjbigamo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bigamy

(ˈbigəmi) noun
marriage to two wives or two husbands at once (a crime in some countries). He's been charged with committing bigamy.
ˈbigamist noun
ˈbigamous adjective
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References in periodicals archive ?
In November 1993, the court declared that their marriage was null and void because it was 'bigamous in nature,' given that Concepcion had been married to another woman prior to Cuneta.
Among the grounds for divorce provided under HB 100 are physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a common child or the child of the petitioner; drug addiction or habitual alcoholism or chronic gambling of the respondent, homosexuality, contracting of bigamous marriage, marital infidelity or perversion; attempt by the respondent against the life of the petitioner and abandonment of petitioner without justifiable cause for more than one year, among others.
Judith said: "There are some great stories there including jealous wives, bigamous marriages and love amidst the factory fumes.
But the RTC ruled that her first marriage to Niko was still valid and existing, so it annulled her marriage to Harry for being bigamous. As a result, Zander was also declared as an illegitimate child.
<br />"I feel good," quipped her Charleston-based attorney, Robert Rosen, after the South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge's ruling that Tommie Rae's marriage to Brown was valid and not bigamous. <br />"This is really very personal for her," Rosen said during a phone interview while vacationing in Rhode Island.
There was also a bigamous marriage made with William Montague, heir to the Earl of Salisbury, while she was secretly married to Holand.
She was in dark storylines including a bigamous marriage to Peter Barlow and a relationship with the abusive Charlie Stubbs.
Grounds under summary judicial proceedings include instances when one of the spouses has contracted a bigamous marriage or has been sentenced to imprisonment for six years, among others.
According to the Irish Independent, O'Malley ruled that "the man was entitled to a declaration [that] his marriage to his first wife was valid as of the date of its inception." While she took the view that the man's second marriage could not be valid under Irish law while his first marriage remained intact, this did not signify that a bigamous marriage "can never have legal consequences here."
Denise Gough as Paula and Owen McDonnell as McArthur Paula BBC2 9pm THE clues were there last week that this isn't your average 'one night stand gone bad', whether it was mysterious James' openly bigamous living situation, his hallucinations of terrifying ghost children, Paula's addict brother Callum who lives in a garage, the hints at abusive childhoods, or the horrifying violence inflicted on harmless Phil the PE teacher.
The clues were mysterious James's openly bigamous living situation, his hallucinations of terrifying ghost children, Paula's addict brother Callum who lives a garage, the hints at abusive childhoods and the horrifying violence inflicted on harmless Phil the PE teacher.