connubiality en · NOUN
Etymology
From connubial + -ity.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The quality of being connubial.
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(countable, uncountable) Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
some slight connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. Browdie.
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 42, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| connubialities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |