nuptial
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ʃəl, -tʃəl adjective
1.
of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals: nuptial behavior.
noun
3.
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
Origin:
1480–90; (Middle French) < Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); cf. nubile
1480–90; (Middle French) < Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); cf. nubile
Related forms
nup·tial·ly, adverb
qua·si-nup·tial, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to marriage; conjugal: nuptial vows |
| 2. | zoology of or relating to mating: the nuptial flight of a queen bee |
| [C15: from Latin nuptiālis, from nuptiae marriage, from nubere to marry] | |
| 'nuptially | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
nuptial
1490, from L. nuptialis "pertaining to marriage," from nuptiæ "wedding," from nupta, fem. pp. of nubere "take as a husband," related to Gk. nymphe "bride," from PIE *sneubho- "to marry, wed" (cf. O.C.S. snubiti "to love, woo," Czech snoubiti "to seek in marriage," Slovak zasnubit "to betroth").
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Example sentences
They hold a pre-nuptial feast, one that the governor attends.
The bride will be a vision in traditional nuptial white, right down to her.
The males bore through the bark and construct a nuptial chamber in which they mate with multiple females.
Today, of course, people are far too pragmatic to consider whether or not their nuptial plans uphold ancient patrician values.
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