wedlock
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being married.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A wife; a married woman.
Synonyms
Translations
mariage
matrimonio
γάμος
matrimonio
huwelijk
evlilik
Ehe
casamento
conjugiumFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɛd.lɒk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.
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