单词	nuptial
释义	nuptialnup‧tial /ˈnʌpʃəl/ adjective [only before noun] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINnuptial Origin: 1400-1500 Latin nuptialis, from nubere ‘to marry’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES nuptial vows EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Explosive breeders also show a further adaptation to male competition - the development of enlarged nuptial pads on their hands. Name the day, bride in white, radiant, nuptial Mass. The bride and groom returned together to the front seat for the nuptial Mass. The implication is that males need maintain high levels of vigilance only when in nuptial plumage. Two maids were making up our nuptial bed, smoothing the white linen with their dark hands. Victoria called a sidebar of her closest allies, urging them to replace nuptial sentiment with hard political decisiveness. relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony → wedding:  a nuptial mass nuptial bliss
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