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bridegroomlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From bridegroom + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bridegroom.
   • With this pleasant and bridegroomlike adjuration, he left her and went to the salon to receive their guest. 1874, May Agnes Fleming, The Woman Without Mercy; Or, A Heart of Stone (New Eagle Series; 905), New York: Street & Smith, published 1914, page 124:
   • This was the first time I had seen him out of uniform. He looked very bridegroomlike, fresher and younger than when I saw him a year ago. 1935 June 6, Lady Drummond-Hay, “Germany’s Big Romance: An Interview with the Bride of General Goering”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 30,397, Women's Supplement, page 24:
   • While walking down the aisle in the rose garden last Saturday as maid of honor, Mazie was so much at ease, she tried to catch her brother’s eye to distract him from the stiff bridegroomlike pose he had assumed. 1971 June 17, Helen Thomas, “Mazie Is ‘Hip’ One of Family”, in Tallahassee Democrat, volume 66, number 168, Tallahassee, Fl., page 13:

Forms

Antonyms

unbridegroomlike

Synonyms

bridegroomy