brideless

adj

brideless

adj

Etymology From bride + -less.

1

Without a bride.

  • The brideless bridegroom would permit none to interfere with his sorrow. He dug a grave for his Mora, and erected over it the rude tomb they saw […]1829, Walter Scott, The Surgeon's Daughter:
  • God almighty recognizes no brideless marriage […]1991, Robert R Taylor, Jesus Christ: the hope of the home:

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