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Nuptial

//ˈnʌp.ʃəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a wedding wordnet

Etymology

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

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