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coupledoms

coupledoms is the plural of coupledom.

Meaning of coupledom

Noun

coupledom (usually uncountable, plural coupledoms)

  1. (usually) 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.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 6, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
  2. (usually) The state of being a romantic couple.
    • More coffee is consumed, a movie date is arranged, coupledom achieved and, naturally, nuptials performed.2011 February 13, James MacGowan, “Heart of the City by Ariel Sabar”, in Toronto Star

Questions about coupledoms

What is coupledoms the plural of?
Coupledoms is the plural of coupledom.

Words near coupledoms in the dictionary

  1. couplea
  2. coupleable
  3. coupled
  4. coupled up
  5. coupledom
  6. coupledoms
  7. couplehood
  8. coupleish
  9. couplement
  10. couplements
  11. coupler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coupledoms (page history and authors); coupledom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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