connubial
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- connubiality noun
- connubially adverb
- nonconnubial adjective
- nonconnubiality noun
- nonconnubially adverb
- postconnubial adjective
- preconnubial adjective
Etymology
Origin of connubial
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin cōn(n)ūbiālis, equivalent to cōn(n)ūbi(um) “marriage” + -ālis adjective suffix; co-, nuptial, -al 1
Example Sentences
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She has taken on her husband’s signature pout, in a connubial version of people who grow to look like their dogs.
From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016
“Marry Him” is more measured than its explosive title suggests; and the Times piece at least allows that culture might play a role in how equality influences the connubial bed.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2014
It may be funny, but it is connubial torture.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2013
He’s talking about engagement and beyond, but he might as well be describing the act of watching this grating round robin of connubial dysfunction and romantic disappointment.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012
The connubial relations of the deities may thus be considered “to typify the mystical union of the two eternal principles, spirit and matter, for the production and reproduction of the universe.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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