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premarital.

Before marriage; before getting married.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Before marriage; before getting married.

    not-comparable
    Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English marital English premarital From pre- + marital.

noun

  1. Ellipsis of premarital sex.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English marital English premarital From pre- + marital.

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