Nuptials
//ˈnʌp.ʃəlz// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wedding ceremony. plural, plural-only
"To Night, to Night, this fatal Moment, novv / Our dreadful Father's Nuptials are preparing, / And I muſt loſe bright Monima for ever."
- 2 the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed wordnet
Example
More examples"Once the nuptials were out of the way, the love evaporated."
Etymology
From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.
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