conjugal

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
25
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/ (UK)
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/ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/ (UK) · /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/ (US) · /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/ (US)

Definition of conjugal

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
    “"Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"”

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Etymology

From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).

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