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nuptial
[ nuhp-shuhl, -chuhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony:
the nuptial day;
nuptial vows.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals:
nuptial behavior.
noun
- Usually nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
nuptial
/ -tʃəl; ˈnʌpʃəl /
adjective
- relating to marriage; conjugal
nuptial vows
- zoology of or relating to mating
the nuptial flight of a queen bee
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Pronunciation Note
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Derived Forms
- ˈnuptially, adverb
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Other Words From
- nuptial·ly adverb
- quasi-nuptial adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nuptial1
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Example Sentences
Specifically, more couples are beginning to request digital privacy clauses in prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
Not long after the Dutch nuptial-nullifying company started gaining publicity, a pilot for a reality show called—what else?
Chris Lee on the pitch-black pre-nuptial Indie comedy premiering at Sundance.
Should pre-nuptial agreements now specify the fate of a kidney given during the marriage?
I often heard Europeans remark that they considered the procession of the nuptial couch extremely improper.
Putting on the nuptial robe of a passion in which life itself is concerned, the woman wraps herself in purity and whiteness.
On leaving the nuptial chamber with a pretty woman in it, a man is apt to be hungry, if he is young.
These are the most lugubrious nuptial felicitations that ever were offered to a bridegroom, I should fancy!
Better thou and I were lying, cold and limber-stiff and dead, With a pan of burning charcoal underneath our nuptial bed!
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