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
Ms. Cattrall’s celebrity is the principal reason for what may seem like a premature revival of Coward’s 1930 comedy of connubial fisticuffs, which was staged to splendid advantage on Broadway only nine years ago.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011
The gentleman promised it to the extent of his poor powers, intimating, however, that connubial fidelity might conflict with maternal ambition, a result which he deprecated as deplorable.
From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Trent, Hilary
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