connubial
1
9.1
- adjective
- /kəˈnuːbiəl/
- Formal
:
conyugal
- After years of connubial partnership, they felt their bond had grown even stronger.
- connubial bliss
Examples
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The couple sought counseling to address some connubial challenges in their marriage.
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"The first six months of our marriage offered all the connubial and domestic joys imaginable.
Fiction book (2002) -
If I might ask a rather connubial question, sir, what happens this evening, that is, tonight?
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Well, tell me, Mr. Ferrante, is this your first experience with connubial bliss?
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After 20 years of connubial bliss, blind loyalty can get a little suffocating.
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By three o'clock, Vickie and I were legally entitled to partake of connubial bliss.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the beginning, we see this couple in their home in the Baltic town amid flowers that symbolize the bloom and also the transience of their youthful connubial love.
Academic text (1993) -
Still for him, the "joys of connubial bliss" (78) with or without money can "get a bit stale" (82), and they obviously have become so for Chandler.
Academic text (1991) -
They celebrated their anniversary by reminiscing about their early years of connubial happiness.
Synonyms
103
3.9
Relating to marriage or the relationship between married people
29
5.6
Relates to a husband or wife
22
7.0
Relating to marriage or life as husband and wife
11
5.7
About marriage or being married
4
7.2
Relating to marriage or a wedding ceremony
How Marital
Surface Forms
Etymology
Connubial comes from the Latin connubium, made of con- 'together' and nubere 'to marry'. So, connubial means 'relating to marriage' or married life, much like the common word nuptial.