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nup·tial    Audio Help   [nuhp-shuhl, -chuhl] Pronunciation Key
–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; (MF) < L nuptiālis, equiv. to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, deriv. of nubére to marry (of a woman); cf. nubile]

—Related forms
nup·tial·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 3. See marriage.
—Pronunciation note The pronunciations    Audio Help   [nuhp-choo-uhl] Pronunciation Key and    Audio Help   [nuhp-shoo-uhl], by analogy with such words as mutual and actual, are not considered standard.
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nup·tial    Audio Help   (nŭp'shəl, -chəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony.
  2. Of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season: the nuptial plumage of male birds.

n.   A wedding ceremony. Often used in the plural.


[Middle English nupcialle, from Old French nuptial, from Latin nūptiālis, from nūptiae, wedding, from nūpta, feminine past participle of nūbere, to take a husband.]

nup'tial·ly adv.
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