bridegome

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bridgume, brydgrome, bredgome, bridgom, brydegome, brudgume, bredgome, bridegoome, bryd-gome

Etymology

Inherited from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to bride +‎ gome (“man”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriːdɡoːm(ə)/, /ˈbriːdɡum(ə)/

Noun

bridegome

1. A (bride)groom; a man recently married or to be married.
2. (theology) God as Christendom's partner.

Descendants

• English: bridegroom
• Scots: bridegreem

References

• “brīd-gǒme, -gọ̄me (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.