Connubial

Origin

1650s, from Latin connūbiālis,

from connūbium ("marriage, wedlock") (variants of cōnūbiālis ("pertaining to wedlock"), from cōnūbium ("marriage, wedlock")) from com- ("together") (English com-) + nūbō ("marry, to take as husband") (from which nubile)

Online Etymology Dictionary

from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- ("to marry, to wed").

Full definition of connubial

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the state of being married.

Usage notes

Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.

Synonyms

• conjugal

Related terms

• nubile
• nuptial, nuptials