nuptial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to a wedding

   The nuptial dinner was an extravagant affair.

2. 2
   adj

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”).

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