epithalamion
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of epithalamion
1580–90; < Greek: nuptial, noun use of neuter of epithalámios nuptial. See epi-, thalamus
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
While that celebratory epithalamion, “The Whitsun Weddings,” has been voted the most popular English poem of the previous half-century, I myself would have opted for “Aubade,” Larkin’s last and most terrifying meditation on death.
From Washington Post
This genre reaches all the way back to ancient Greece, but the most famous epithalamia do not work well at modern weddings.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
Other notable epithalamia, from Edmund Spenser to E. E. Cummings , are just too long and obtuse to do the trick.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
It is not known who was the fortunate orator, but we are familiar with the names of some of the poets who addressed epithalamia to the beautiful princess.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand
The Shi King, a collection of Chinese poetry gathered by Confucius, an anthology of more than three hundred poems, contains some glowing epithalamia setting forth at length the unmistakable virtues of the bride.
From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby
Music was heard until a late hour, and epithalamia were again resumed with the morning light.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
