digamist
(ˈdɪgəmɪst)
[f. as digamy + -ist.]
A man or woman who has married a second time.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Digamist,..one that marries after his first wives death. a 1660 Hammond Wks. I. 597 (R.) The digamist, or he that hath had two wives successively, one after another. 1706 Hearne Collect. 9 Nov., I can say no more of this Bp. than y{supt} in complyance w{supt}{suph} y⊇ Fashion of y⊇ Age he is a digamist. 1869 Lecky Europ. Mor. (1877) II. 327 ‘Digamists’, according to Origen, are saved in the name of Christ, but are by no means crowned by him. |
† b. = bigamist. Obs. (So F. digame, Cotgr.)
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Digamist, one that hath had two Wives together. |