bridal
/ˈbrʌɪd(ə)l
/adjective
Of or concerning a bride or a newly married couple: her white bridal gown the bridal party came out into the church porch...
- Spa Day is really between the bride and her bridal party.
- I get up early and travel to the bride's home or venue to do the makeup for the bride and bridal party.
- Hard as I try, I can't picture myself in a traditional bridal gown without cracking up.
Synonyms
nuptial, wedding, marriage, matrimonial, marital, connubial, conjugal
literary hymeneal, epithalamic
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old English brȳd-ealu 'wedding feast', from brȳd 'bride' + ealu 'ale-drinking'. Since the late 16th century, the word has been associated with adjectives ending in -al.
Rhymes
- selfhood
- self-identification
- self-identify
- self-identity
- selfie
- selfie stick
- self-image
- self-immolation
- self-importance
- self-important
- self-importantly
- self-imposed
- self-improvement
- self-incompatibility
- self-incompatible
- self-induced
- self-inductance
- self-induction
- self-inductive
- self-indulgence
- self-indulgent
- self-indulgently
- self-inflicted
- self-insurance
- self-interest