10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
adjective having more than one wife at a time
originEtymology tree English polygyny Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English polygynous From polygyny + -ous.
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