Word Meanings - PARANYMPHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.
Related words: (words related to PARANYMPHAL)
- 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.