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premarital

premarital adjective: before marriage; before getting married. Also the ellipsis of premarital sex.

Adjective

premarital (not comparable)

  1. Before marriage; before getting married.
    • Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.

Also used as

premarital is also the ellipsis of premarital sex.

Synonyms of premarital

Forms of premarital

alternative formpræmarital

Origin of premarital

From pre- + marital.

Words formed from premarital

Questions about premarital

What does premarital mean?
Premarital means before marriage; before getting married.
What part of speech is premarital?
Premarital is an adjective.

Words near premarital in the dictionary

  1. premanufactured
  2. premanufactures
  3. premanufacturing
  4. premarginalization
  5. Premarin
  6. premarital
  7. premaritally
  8. premarked
  9. premarket
  10. premarketing
  11. premarkup

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