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coupledom

noun

Etymology

From couple + -dom.

  1. derived from cōpula
  2. derived from couple
  3. inherited from couple
  4. suffixed as coupledom — “couple + dom”

Definitions

  1. The world or sphere of romantic couples.

    • The ads were already showing as he clambered along and in their patchy glare he loomed and ducked and apologized, and was a clumsy intruder in a world of snuggling coupledom.

  2. The state of being a romantic couple.

    • More coffee is consumed, a movie date is arranged, coupledom achieved and, naturally, nuptials performed.
    • Their hard-won, second-chance coupledom had never been to me more gently touching, every bit as much a symbol of 21st-century Britain as the sound of a gospel choir, or a Hindu prime minister reading from the Epistle to the Colossians.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA