connubial
11connubial — adjective connubial bliss formal the state of being happily married: living in connubial bliss …
12connubial — adjective Etymology: Latin conubialis, from conubium, connubium marriage, from com + nubere to marry more at nuptial Date: circa 1656 of or relating to the married state ; conjugal < connubial relations > • connubialism noun • connubiality …
13connubial — connubiality, n. connubially, adv. /keuh nooh bee euhl, nyooh /, adj. of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love. [1650 60; < ML connubialis, L conubialis, equiv. to conubi(um) (co CO + nub(are) to marry + ium IUM) + alis …
14connubial pleasures — copulation Although connubial means to do with marriage, the pleasures to which the phrase alludes can be taken within or without that institution: She never married, but it didn t prevent her from enjoying connubial pleasures. (Ludlum …
15connubial — adjective Of or relating to the state of being married. Syn: conjugal …
16connubial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. conjugal, marital. See marriage. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. marital, nuptial, conjugal; see matrimonial . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. conjugal, marital, matrimonial, nuptial, wedded, married …
17connubial — con|nu|bi|al [ kə nubiəl ] adjective VERY FORMAL relating to marriage …
18connubial — see NUBILE …
19connubial — con·nu·bi·al || kÉ™ njuËbjÉ™l adj. of or pertaining to marriage …
20connubial — [kə nju:bɪəl] adjective literary conjugal. Derivatives connubiality noun connubially adverb Origin C17: from L. connubialis, from connubium marriage , from con with + nubere marry …