unbridegroomlike

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bridegroomlike

Adjective

unbridegroomlike (comparative more unbridegroomlike, superlative most unbridegroomlike)

1. (dated) Not bridegroomlike.
   • 1844, Hampton Court; Or, The Prophecy Fulfilled, page 247:

     Shaking himself from his wife, Monk traversed the passages from the chapel to the tower of the fortress alone in a very unbridegroomlike way to his apartment, […]

   • 1846, William Motherwell, Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern, page 251:

     Earl Richard's unbridegroomlike behaviour on his wedding night, and his agreeable discovery on the morrow, will remind the ballad reader of the gentle Sir Gawaine, […]

   • 1870, Marion Harland, Helen Gardner's Wedding-day, page 139:

     Then the bridegroom came slowly up the walk, wearing a very unbridegroomlike aspect, […]