Associations to the word «Polygyny»

Wiktionary

POLYGYNY, noun. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spencer

Dictionary definition

POLYGYNY, noun. Having more than one wife at a time.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope