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digamy

/ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
digamy
IPA
/ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digamia (“twice married”), from Ancient Greek διγαμία (digamía, “bigamy”), δίγαμος (dígamos), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, di- + -gamy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: διγαμία

Inflected Forms

digamies (plural)

Derived Forms

digamist digamous

Phrases

di- -gamy

Frequently Paired Words

di- -gamy bigamy

Synonyms

digamism deuterogamy

Questions

How do you pronounce digamy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/.
What does digamy mean?
A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)
Where does digamy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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