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nuptial 音标拼音: [n'ʌptʃəl] n. 婚礼
a. 婚姻的,婚礼的 婚礼婚姻的,婚礼的 nuptial adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; " bridal procession"; " nuptial day"; " spousal rites"; " wedding cake"; " marriage vows" [ synonym: { bridal}, { nuptial}, { spousal}] Nuptial \ Nup" tial\, n.; pl. { Nuptials} ( n[ u^] p" shalz). Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. [ 1913 Webster] Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster]
Nuptial \ Nup" tial\ ( n[ u^] p" shal), a. [ L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. ? bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial.] Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster] Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " nuptial": amorous, bridal, carnal, conjugal, connubial, epithalamic, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fleshly, gamic, heterosexual, husbandly, hymeneal, libidinal, marital, married, matrimonial, oversexed, potent, procreative, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, spousal, straight, undersexed, venereal, voluptuous, wedded, wedding, wifely
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