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trinogamous

trinogamous adjective: pertaining to a committed relationship involving three people, often including a married couple.

Adjective

trinogamous (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Pertaining to a committed relationship involving three people, often including a married couple.
    • And we mus[t]n't forget "Three of Hearts," a feature-length documentary about the nine- year "trinogamous" relationship among bisexual men Sam Cagnina and Steven Margolis and heterosexual woman Samantha Singh.2006, The Hollywood Reporter, volume 395
    • When a man is shot dead on the sidewalk, two women claim to be his wife. Mac, Stella, and dr. hawkes soon discover that the trio were involved in a trinogamous relationship that might not have been as happy as the widows claim.2013, Donn Cortez, Investigating CSI: Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York, BenBella Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 233

Origin of trinogamous

From tri- + (mo)nogamous. Compare trigamous.

Questions about trinogamous

What does trinogamous mean?
Trinogamous means pertaining to a committed relationship involving three people, often including a married couple.
What part of speech is trinogamous?
Trinogamous is an adjective.

Words near trinogamous in the dictionary

  1. trinoctial
  2. trinocular
  3. trinoculars
  4. trinoda necessitas
  5. trinodal
  6. trinogamous
  7. trinomen
  8. trinomial
  9. trinomialism
  10. trinomialist
  11. trinomialists

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