单词 | post-nuptial |
释义 | post-nuptialadj. Existing or performed after marriage; occurring in the period after marriage; subsequent to marriage. Also with reference to animals: subsequent to mating. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] > after marriage post-connubial1780 post-nuptial1807 post-marital1836 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to mating > postnuptial post-nuptial1956 1807 F. Vesey Chancery Rep. XII. 147 That part of the Property, which is protected by the post-nuptial Settlement. 1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. III. 31 On their post-nuptial excursion to Paris. 1885 F. J. Fargus Slings & Arrows 57 The large post-nuptial settlement which I proposed making. 1956 Nature 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. 1989 B. Stonehouse Polar Ecol. (BNC) 98 In some species the post-nuptial moult occurs in areas separate from the breeding grounds. 1991 Spy (N.Y.) Nov. 43 Judge Daniel was going to decide on the validity of a postnuptial agreement the couple had signed, and the stakes were high. Derivatives post-ˈnuptially adv. after marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adverb] > before or after marriage post-nuptially1870 premaritally1934 1870 Contemp. Rev. 14 441 The doctor..insisted on its being postnuptially settled on his wife. 1915 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 78 42 Some post-nuptially conceived but prematurely born children will be included in the computation. 1988 Social Forces 66 944 Living postnuptially with relatives undoubtedly involves more idiosyncratic reasons than any of the other post-nuptial residence arrangements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1807 |
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