digamy
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- A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)
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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.
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