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nuptial

[ nuhp-shuhl, -chuhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony:

    the nuptial day;

    nuptial vows.

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals:

    nuptial behavior.



noun

  1. Usually nuptials. a wedding or marriage.

nuptial

/ -tʃəl; ˈnʌpʃəl /

adjective

  1. relating to marriage; conjugal

    nuptial vows

  2. zoology of or relating to mating

    the nuptial flight of a queen bee

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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Derived Forms

  • ˈnuptially, adverb
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Other Words From

  • nuptial·ly adverb
  • quasi-nuptial adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nuptial1

First recorded in 1480–90; ( Middle French ) from Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) “marriage, wedding,” derivative of nūbere “(of a woman) to marry” + -ālis adjective suffix; nubile
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nuptial1

C15: from Latin nuptiālis, from nuptiae marriage, from nubere to marry
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Example Sentences

Some of the most recent nuptials have involved a few NBA stars.

After getting married in December 2019 and then surviving lockdown together just months after their nuptials, Nick and Kimelia Weathers Smith immediately got to work on building their family empire.

Covid-19 changed so much in our lives, including nuptials, forcing couples to scale down or even cancel lavish wedding celebrations.

We will only host our wedding if every guest who is medically cleared has easy access to a vaccine and is vaccinated by the time of the nuptials—which looked a lot more promising when we signed the contracts than it does now.

From Fortune

To an onlooker, the September nuptials of Faridah and Derrick at a hotel in Kampala, the capital of God-fearing Uganda, looked like any other wedding.

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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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