[1800–10; post- + nuptial]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gong, hike, rejuvenate, studio, unprofessionalpost- is a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,”occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital)
Examples of 'postnuptial' in a sentence
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The couple would do anything to stop the paparazzi spoiling their postnuptial bliss.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The case centred on a postnuptial agreement signed by the couple in 2010 after he was caught cheating on her.