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groomal

groomal adjective: of or pertaining to a groom (a man who is about to marry).

Adjective

groomal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to a groom (a man who is about to marry).
    • If weddings were organized around grooms, however, appropriate magazines and expos would surely emerge.[…]Groomal expos could be held in conjunction with boat shows.2000, Sarah Ban Breathnach, A Man’s Journey to Simple Abundance, Scribner, →ISBN, page 326
    • For the most part, however, the groom was physically absent or existed as a marginal figure within the pages of bridal magazines. Occasionally, he appeared humorously as the “Forgotten Man.” While he usually had his own section in magazines, it is clear that he was not expected to be the reader....2006, Vicki Howard, “Bridal Magazines”, in Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 94

Examples of groomal in a sentence

  • Significantly, advertisers sought bridal business, not groomal business.2006, Vicki Howard, “Bridal Magazines”, in Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of...
  • Modern historians have limited “dowry” to refer to the bridal-dos and “dower” to refer to the groomal-dos, but the latter usage has given rise to a good deal of ambiguity.2011, Roger Dahood, Peter E. Medine, editors, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, volume 8, →ISBN, page 131:

Origin of groomal

From groom + -al, by analogy with bridal.

Words formed from groomal

Phrases with groomal

Questions about groomal

What does groomal mean?
Groomal means of or pertaining to a groom (a man who is about to marry).
How do you use groomal in a sentence?
Significantly, advertisers sought bridal business, not groomal business.
What part of speech is groomal?
Groomal is an adjective.

Words near groomal in the dictionary

  1. groom-in-waiting
  2. groom-porter
  3. groom-porters
  4. groom-to-be
  5. groomable
  6. groomal
  7. groomal shower
  8. groomal showers
  9. Groombridge
  10. groomdom
  11. Groome

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