Films,
quotes,
twins,
vintage fashion,
politics,
accessories,
bicycles,
old fashioned anything,
and music.
quotes,
twins,
vintage fashion,
politics,
accessories,
bicycles,
old fashioned anything,
and music.
Post with 4 notes
CONNUBIAL
connubial
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-NOO-bee-uhl, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
adjective: Pertaining to marriage or the married state.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin con- (with) + nubere (to marry) which is also the source of nubile and nuptial. Earliest documented use: 1656.
USAGE:
“You wouldn’t think Donald Trump would need much connubial coaxing to picture himself in the Trump White House. But a Globe headline this week reads: ‘Wife Melania Tells The Donald: America Needs You!’”
Maureen Dowd; She Made Me Run!; The New York Times; Dec 31, 2011.
Explore “connubial” in the Visual Thesaurus.
-
fraternalfilms posted this
