spousal

C2 Topic:Family & Relationships
US /ˈspaʊzəl/ UK /ˈspaʊzəl/
adj Freq #33945

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to a spouse

    A fitting symbol of spousal love.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
husbandlybridal
Word family
Derived forms interspousalspousally
Related forms espouse

Etymology

From Middle English spousaille, from Old French esposaille, espousaille, espousalle, Anglo-Norman (e)spusaille, esposalie, sposale, spousaille.

spousaille Middle English esposaille Old French espusaille xno
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Topics

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