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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lyg•a•my /pəˈlɪgəmi/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Anthropologythe practice of having more than one spouse, esp. more than one wife, at one time.
po•lyg•a•mist, n. [countable] po•lyg•a•mous, adj.: a polygamous society.See -gam-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lyg•a•my (pə lig′ə mē),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologythe practice or condition of having more than one spouse, esp. wife, at one time. Cf. bigamy (def. 1), monogamy (def. 1).
- Zoologythe habit or system of mating with more than one individual, either simultaneously or successively.
- Greek polygamía. See poly-, -gamy
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: polygamy /pəˈlɪɡəmɪ/ n - the practice of having more than one wife or husband at the same time
- the condition of having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant
- the condition of having these different types of flower on separate plants of the same species
- the practice in male animals of having more than one mate during one breeding season
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Greek polugamia from poly- + -gamypoˈlygamist n poˈlygamous adj poˈlygamously adv |