bridal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of bridal
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic)A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
“[…] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]”
“Thus, in the dead time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger wrestled with her unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless, silent, proud, and uncomplaining.”
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noun
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(archaic)A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
“[…] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]”
“Thus, in the dead time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger wrestled with her unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless, silent, proud, and uncomplaining.”
adj
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(not-comparable)Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.
“bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al.
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