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hymenean, a. and n.|haɪməˈniːən|
Also 7 hymenæan.
[f. as prec. + -an.]
A. adj. = hymeneal a. Now rare.
1606Warner Alb. Eng. xvi. cv. 410 To haue but strict⁓confined loue in Hymænean bownes? a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 40 The hymenean bed fair brood shall grace. 1799Campbell Pleas. Hope i. 202 The sacred home of Hymenean joy.
†B. n. = hymeneal n. 1. Obs.
1667Milton P.L. iv. 711 Here..Eve deckt first her Nuptial Bed, And heav'nly Quires the Hymenæan sung. |