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postnuptial, a.|pəʊstˈnʌpʃəl|
[f. post- B. 1 b + nuptial.]
Made, occurring, or existing after marriage; subsequent to marriage. Also, subsequent to mating (of animals).
1807Vesey Reports Chanc. XII. 147 That part of the Property, which is protected by the post-nuptial Settlement. 1853Jerdan Autobiog. III. 31 On their post-nuptial excursion to Paris. 1877Black Green Past. xxii, The bitter disillusionising experience of post-nuptial life. 1885Fargus Slings & Arrows 57 The large post-nuptial settlement which I proposed making. 1956Nature 21 Jan. 143/1 Our experiment was begun on July 23..at about the estimated end of the postnuptial refractory period and before the next season's spermatogenesis began.
Hence postˈnuptially adv., after marriage.
1870Contemp. Rev. XIV. 441 The doctor..insisted on its being postnuptially settled on his wife. |