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connubial, a.|kəˈnjuːbɪəl|
[ad. L. co(n)nūbiāl-is, f. co(n)nūbium marriage, wedlock, f. con- together + nūb-ĕre to marry: see nuptial.]
1. Of or pertaining to marriage, or the married state; nuptial, matrimonial.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 743 The Rites Mysterious of connubial Love. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 18 ⁋4 Of my friends who have been least successful in connubial contracts. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 404 Kind connubial tenderness. 1839W. Chambers Tour Holland 38/1 The ladies must also have reached a discreet age, before they enter the connubial state.
2. transf.
a. Married, wedded; also fig.
b. Pertaining to a husband or wife, conjugal. (humorous.)
1808J. Barlow Columb. i. 789 Connubial vines o'ertop the larch they climb. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg., Ld. Thoulouse, Provoking from connubial toes a hint. 1876M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 69 Originally, no schism at all seems to have been contemplated by the connubial Evangelist.
Hence coˈnnubialism (nonce-wd.), the married state. coˈnnubialize v. intr. (humorous), to enter the married state, to marry. connubially adv.
1848Tait's Mag. XV. 310 The glittering temple of connubialism. 1868Contemp. Rev. VII. 224 In the flurry of incipient connubialism. 1870H. Rowley (title) Gamosagammon, or Hints on Hymen for the use of parties about to Connubialize. 1884W. S. Gilbert Mikado, Unless connubially linked. |