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mariturient

mariturient adjective: desiring to marry.

Adjective

mariturient (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Desiring to marry.
    • 29 April, 1765, Thomas Gray, letter to Dr. Wharton
      Our friend the Precentor, who has so long been in a mariturient way, is not yet married, and I doubt, it is all gone off.

Questions about mariturient

What does mariturient mean?
Mariturient means desiring to marry.
What part of speech is mariturient?
Mariturient is an adjective.

Words near mariturient in the dictionary

  1. maritonucleus
  2. maritorious
  3. maritozzi
  4. maritozzo
  5. Maritsa
  6. mariturient
  7. Marityemeri
  8. Maritza
  9. Maritzburg
  10. Mariupol
  11. Mariupol Greek

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