Nuptials

Origin

1550s, from nuptial,

Online Etymology Dictionary

from Latin nūptiālis ("pertaining to marriage"), from nūptiae ("wedding") (note that this is also plural only), from nupta, from nūbō ("I marry, I take as husband") from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- ("to marry, to wed").

Online Etymology Dictionary|nuptial

Cognate to French noces, Italian nozze.

Full definition of nuptials

Noun

1. wedding ceremony

Usage notes

This word is used as a plural noun, but usually refers only to a single event.

Synonyms

• wedding

Anagrams

• painslut
• patulins
• unplaits