Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trigamist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trigamist
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who has three spouses; someone who commits trigamy

noun

A person who has a third marriage

Etymology

Etymology tree English trigamy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English trigamist From trigamy + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does trigamist mean?
A person who has three spouses; someone who commits trigamy
Where does trigamist come from?
Etymology tree English trigamy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English trigamist From trigamy + -ist.

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