quasi-nuptial

adjective

of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals: nuptial behavior.

noun

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

Related forms

nup·tial·ly, adverb

qua·si-nup·tial, adjective

Synonym Study
3. See marriage.

Pronunciation note
The pronunciations

[nuhp-choo-uh

l] and

[nuhp-shoo-uh

l] by analogy with such words as mutual and actual, are not considered standard.

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nuptial (ˈnʌpʃəl, -tʃəl)

—*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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