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nearlywed

noun

Etymology

From nearly + wed, modeled on newlywed.

  1. derived from *wedʰ-✻ — “to pledge”
  2. inherited from *wadjōną✻ — “to pledge”
  3. inherited from *waddjōn✻
  4. inherited from weddian
  5. inherited from wedden
  6. compounded as nearlywed — “nearly + wed”

Definitions

  1. A person who is engaged to be married.

    • The best advice for anyone about to buy furniture—and this goes for singles, nearlyweds, parents, and retirees—is study.
    • As if his franks-and-beans incident in “There’s Something About Mary” weren’t enough, Ben Stiller courts more disaster as a nearlywed whose life becomes […]
    • Harnessing inspiration from the British seasons, the arrangements will not feature flowers out of character, which is ideal for those nearlyweds looking for floral inspiration in the lead up to their big day.

  2. A person who lives with a romantic partner without being married.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for nearlywed. 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