silver wedding
silver wedding noun: the silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
Noun
silver wedding (plural silver weddings)
- The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
- The Silver Wedding! on some pensive ear
From towers remote as sound the silvery bells,
To-day from one far unforgotten year
A silvery faint memorial music swells.1845, Arthur Hugh Clough, Ambarvalia: Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, published 1849, page 28 - ‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’
‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton...1850, Jemima von Tautphoeus, Initials, volume I, page 121
- The Silver Wedding! on some pensive ear
silver wedding meaning in Tamil
silver wedding in Tamil
- வெள்ளிக்கலியாணம்
Forms of silver wedding
| plural | silver weddings |
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Origin of silver wedding
A calque of German Silberhochzeit or silberne Hochzeit, first attested in 1845.
Questions about silver wedding
- What does silver wedding mean?
- Silver wedding means the silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
- What is silver wedding in Tamil?
- Silver wedding in Tamil is வெள்ளிக்கலியாணம். See Silver wedding meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is silver wedding?
- Silver wedding is a noun.
- What is the plural of silver wedding?
- The plural of silver wedding is silver weddings.
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