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digamy

/ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/

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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.

noun digamies

A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)
Similar: digamism, deuterogamy

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@misc{digamy_2026,
  title = {digamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/digamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}