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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
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Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
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Origin:
1480–90; (Middle French ) < Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); compare nubile
1480–90; (Middle French ) < Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); compare nubile
Related forms
nup·tial·ly, adverb
qua·si-nup·tial, adjective
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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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