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.

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Simplified etymology

Nuptial, recorded from late Middle English, means “relating to weddings” and derives from Latin nubere “put on a veil; get married.” Nubere ultimately derives from nubes “cloud,” linked through the idea of an obscuring veil.

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

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