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polygamious

polygamious is the obsolete form of polygamous.

Meaning of polygamous

Adjective

polygamous (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
    • That Mormon community no longer practises polygamous relationships.
    Antonyms:
    monogamous
  2. Exhibiting polygamy.

Origin of polygamious

From polygamy + -ous.

Questions about polygamious

What is polygamious the obsolete form of?
Polygamious is the obsolete form of polygamous.

Words near polygamious in the dictionary

  1. polygamian
  2. polygamic
  3. polygamical
  4. polygamically
  5. polygamies
  6. polygamious
  7. polygamise
  8. polygamised
  9. polygamises
  10. polygamising
  11. polygamist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polygamious (page history and authors); polygamous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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