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Trigamous — Trig a*mous, a. [L. trigamus a thrice married man, Gr. ? thrice married; ? (see {Tri }) + ? marriage: cf. F. trigame.] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trigamous — /trig euh meuhs/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to trigamy or a trigamist. 2. Bot. having staminate, pistillate, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same flower head. [1835 45; < Gk trígamos thrice married. See TRI , GAMOUS] * * * … Universalium
trigamous — [ trɪgəməs] adjective having three wives or husbands at the same time. Derivatives trigamist noun trigamy noun Origin C19 (earlier (C17) as trigamist and trigamy): from Gk trigamos (from tri three + gamos marriage ) + ous … English new terms dictionary
trigamous — trig·a·mous … English syllables
trigamous — adj. 1 a three times married. b having three wives or husbands at once. 2 Bot. having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head. Derivatives: trigamist n. trigamy n. Etymology: Gk trigamos (as TRI , gamos marriage) … Useful english dictionary
trig|a|my — «TRIHG uh mee», noun. the state or offense of having three wives or three husbands at the same time. ╂[< Late Latin trigamia < Greek trígamos; see etym. under trigamous (Cf. ↑trigamous)] … Useful english dictionary
Trigamy — Trig a*my, n. [L. trigamia,Gr. ?: cf. F. trigamie. See {Trigamous}.] The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trigamy — n. state of being married to three living spouses. ♦ trigamist, n. ♦ trigamous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
