Contextualizebeta

espousal

noun
/əˈspaʊzl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse. By surface analysis, espouse + -al.

  1. derived from sponsalia
  2. derived from espousailles
  3. inherited from espousal

Definitions

  1. A betrothal.

  2. A wedding ceremony.

  3. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonespousal

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for espousal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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