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Word Meanings - PARANYMPHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.

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  • FEAST
    festival, F. fĂȘte, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year
  • PARANYMPHAL
    Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.
  • NUPTIAL
    Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton. (more info) nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the
  • BRIDAL
    Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
  • FEASTER
    1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
  • FEASTFUL
    Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.
  • BRIDALTY
    Celebration of the nuptial feast. "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.
  • ANTENUPTIAL
    Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.
  • OUTFEAST
    To exceed in feasting.
  • POSTNUPTIAL
    Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.
  • BULLFEAST
    See BULLFIGHT
  • SMELL-FEAST
    1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.

 

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