Talk:octogamy

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octogamy

• A marrying eight times.
  • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 30-34:

    Eek wel I woot, he seyde myn housbonde
    Sholde lete fader and mooder, and take to me.
    But of no nombre mencion made he,
    Of bigamie, or of octogamie;
    Why should men thanne speke of it vileynie?

Changed to Middle English and moved to octogamie by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Apparently a Chaucer coinage. There are various uses out there, but everything I saw in a cursory look at Google Books seemed to be discussing or referring to Chaucer in some manner. Needs more eyes. This, that and the other (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Cited. WordyAndNerdy (talk) 04:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 00:32, 11 March 2022 (UTC)