Pronounced: puhch, noun
Notes: You may know the meaning, or may get a clue from history
Yesterday’s word
The word polygyny is “the practice of having two or more wives”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1700s
Background / Comments
If, like me, you thought “I thought that was the definition of polygamy”… well, while it is often used for having two or more wives, “polygamy” really is the more general term for having two or more spouses. The term for having two or more husbands (the counterpart to our word) is polyandry. Our word came from the Greek word poly- (many) and -gyny (woman).
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