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单词 epithalamion
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epithalamion

[ ep-uh-thuh-ley-mee-on, -uhn ]
/ ˌɛp ə θəˈleɪ miˌɒn, -ən /

noun, plural ep·i·tha·la·mi·a [ep-uh-thuh-ley-mee-uh]. /ˌɛp ə θəˈleɪ mi ə/.

a song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.

Origin of epithalamion

1580–90; <Greek: nuptial, noun use of neuter of epithalámios nuptial. See epi-, thalamus

Words nearby epithalamion

epitasis, epitaxial transistor, epitaxis, epitaxy, epitendineum, epithalamion, epithalamium, epithalamus, epithalaxia, epitheca, epithecium
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Example sentences from the Web for epithalamion

  • Her first solo collection, Oneiromance (an epithalamion), appeared in 2008.

    Live Nude Girl Bares All|Lizzie Stark|February 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • Spenser married a Cork-woman, and has enshrined her in the Epithalamion, the most beautiful love-poem in the English language.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Ireland|Katharine Tynan
  • Among the minor poems of Spenser the most delightful were his Prothalamion and Epithalamion.

    From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers
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