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connubial

con·nu·bial

UK/kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/ US/kəˈnu.bi.əl/ uncommon
adjective (1) adverb (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

  • “connubial bliss”
  • “conjugal visits”
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adverb

1.

in a conjugal manner

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Origin

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) from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”).

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