Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Before marriage or a wedding.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Prior to marriage: as, a prenuptial contract.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Occurring before marriage; antenuptial.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to events before a marriage

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

pre- +‎ nuptial

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word prenuptial.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • By a nail-biting 5-4 vote my office have just decided we will be writing this fused, rather than hyphenated. Rejoice! rejoice!

    September 5, 2008