nuptial
adjUS, UK /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/ · /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”).
1
Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
- To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night.1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390:
2
Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.
- Derived terms
- antenuptial, inter-nuptial, internuptial, midnuptial, mid-nuptial, nuptial act, nuptial crest, nuptiality, nuptialize, nuptially, nuptial plumage, nuptials, nuptial season, nuptial stone, postnuptial, prenuptial, preternuptial