connubial

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Ergo, our relatives' wishes respectfully fulfilled, and--connubial misery ad libitum_.

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  1. adjective Relating to marriage or the married state; conjugal.

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  1. Latin cōnūbiālis, from cōnūbium, marriage : com-, com- + nūbere, to marry.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese connubial = Italian connubiale, from L. connubialis, usually cōnubialis, from connubium, usually cōnubium, marriage, from com-, co-, together, + nubere, veil, marry: see nubile, nuptial.
 

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/kəˈnjubiəl/
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