单词 | nuptial couch |
释义 | > as lemmasnuptial couch nuptial couch n. = nuptial bed n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 1731 L. Theobald Orestes iii. iv. 48 Our Handmaids there, Shall spread the Nuptial Couch. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf iv. 25 Here stands Uhman, the waterman, whose young bride was rifled from his nuptial couch, ere he had pressed it. 1996 Cosmopolitan Mar. 231/2 Guynes not only moved in with the newlywed couple but shared their nuptial couch as well. < as lemmas |
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