connubial

[ kuh-noo-bee-uhl, -nyoo- ]

adjective

1. of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal:

   connubial love.

   Synonyms: marital, nuptial

connubial

/ kəˈnjuːbɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to marriage; conjugal

   connubial bliss

Derived Forms

• conˌnubiˈality, noun
• conˈnubially, adverb

Other Words From

• con·nubi·ali·ty noun
• con·nubi·al·ly adverb
• noncon·nubi·al adjective
• noncon·nubi·al·ly adverb
• noncon·nubi·ali·ty noun
• postcon·nubi·al adjective
• precon·nubi·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of connubial¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin cōn(n)ūbiālis, equivalent to cōn(n)ūbi(um) “marriage” + -ālis adjective suffix; co-, nuptial, -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of connubial¹

C17: from Latin cōnūbiālis from cōnūbium marriage, from com- together + nūbere to marry

Example Sentences

That this revisionist myth-maker preferred not to copy Homer’s portrait of Penelope as a model of connubial chasteness hints at a larger phenomenon.

From Time

He was supposed to be married only to the Church, and would be unfaithful to Heaven if he bound himself by connubial ties.

From Project Gutenberg

Whoredoms in the spiritual sense of the word signify the connubial connection of what is evil and false, 428.

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He enclosed her briskly in a connubial hug, and remarked with mad ecstasy: 'What a duck you are, Harry!

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Joe and Matilda had been married nearly two months when, in the thick of a connubial row, he demanded her passport.

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I wont have you treading on peoples finer sensibilities and smashing connubial peace and comfort all to splinters.

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