connubial
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile)[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).
[edit] Adjective
connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)
- Of or relating to the state of being married.
[edit] Usage notes
Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.
