trigamous

A man in a trigamous marriage lives with his three wives in one household.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Practicing or involving trigamy: "trigamous" describes a person or a marriage system in which an individual has three spouses simultaneously, or a state of being married to three people at once.

Usage Examples

• (A marriage system involving three spouses.)
• (A person or system practicing marriage with three partners.)

Advanced Usage

• "trigamous union": a marriage or relationship involving three individuals.
  • The legal recognition of a trigamous union remains controversial in most countries. (A marriage of three people.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trigamy (noun): the state or practice of being married to three people at the same time.

  • Trigamy is illegal in many jurisdictions. (The practice of having three spouses.)

• Trigamist (noun): a person who is married to three spouses simultaneously.

  • The king was known as a trigamist, with three queens. (A person with three spouses.)

Synonyms

• Polygamous: involving multiple spouses (general term; trigamy is a specific form of polygamy).
• Tripartite marriage: a marriage involving three parties.

Related Idioms

• No common idioms are associated with "trigamous," as it is a technical term.