Definition of Bigamy

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BIGAMY noun

	A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Bigot

Regular definition:

BIGAMY:
?b???m? n. (pl. -ies) the crime of marrying when one is lawfully married to another person. øøbigamist n. bigamous adj. [ME f. OF bigamie f. bigame bigamous f. LL bigamus (as BI-, Gk gamos marriage)]

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