n. The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another. [Middle English bigamie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bigamia, from Late Latin bigamus, twice married : Latin bi-, two; see BI-1 + Greek gamos, marriage; see -GAMOUS.] biga·mist n. |
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