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bridegroomy en · ADJ

Etymology

From bridegroom + -y.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a bridegroom.
   • And you looked suitably bridegroomy in your best man outfit. 1997, Miranda Lee, Two-Week Wife, Harlequin, →ISBN:
   • “If Sergius will look just a shade less bridegroomy he may also make one of the party.” 1893, Mrs. George Corbett [i.e., Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett], The Adventures of an Ugly Girl, Peter Fenelon Collier, page 252:
   • “The white tie has too bridegroomy a look to it,” he explained. 1899, Charles Bloomingdale, Mr., Miss, & Mrs, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 144:
   • She could smile now at the epithet of “play-acting,” for it might be attributed to his clean shaved cheeks, and the goodness of his clothes, which, without bearing upon them the offensive brand of bridegroomy newness, were yet fashionable and unworn-looking, as must be the case when a man has only returned from India a few weeks ago, after an absence of many years. 1875, Margaret C[ecilia] Helmore, “Somewhat Puzzled”, in Cap and Bells, volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], pages 231–232:

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Synonyms

bridegroomlike