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postnuptial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English nuptial English postnuptial From post- + nuptial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Subsequent to marriage.
    • In California, for example, one of nine "community property" states, any property acquired during your marriage will be divided evenly between you and your spouse after a divorce, if you don't have a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement. 1997 February 23, Bruce Felton, “Fastening Your Seat Belt For a Bumpy Marriage”, in The New York Times:
    • They made a postnuptial agreement regarding their bank account.

Antonyms

antenuptial · prenuptial

Deriveds

postnuptial agreement · postnuptially