silver wedding en · NOUN
Etymology
A calque of German Silberhochzeit or silberne Hochzeit, first attested in 1845.
Meanings
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The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
The Silver Wedding! on some pensive ear From towers remote as sound the silvery bells, To-day from one far unforgotten year A silvery faint memorial music swells.
1845, Arthur Hugh Clough, Ambarvalia: Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, published 1849, page 28:‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton...
1850, Jemima von Tautphoeus, Initials, volume I, page 121:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| silver weddings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
ruby wedding (40th) · diamond wedding (60th · 75th) · golden wedding (50th)