extramarital

[ek-struh-mar-i-tl]

adjective

1. pertaining to sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse.

   extramarital affairs.

extramarital

/ ˌɛkstrəˈmærɪtəl /

adjective

1. (esp of sexual relations) occurring outside marriage

Word History and Origins

Origin of extramarital¹

First recorded in 1925–30; extra- + marital

Example Sentences

Mead acknowledged that he knew of Kay’s years-long episodes of bizarre behavior, an extramarital affair with an intern, and problems with prescription medication, but that he never reported any of it to human resources.

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Updike was surrounded by both familial love and extramarital excitements, from which he wove his fiction.

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An internal party investigation found that Qin had engaged in an extramarital affair that lasted through his tenure as Beijing’s ambassador to Washington, the Journal reported.

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In so doing, he provided a curious palette for John Lennon’s confessional tale about an extramarital affair.

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance — on a yacht called Monkey Business, no less — kept Carson’s audience rolling for weeks.

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