Word Meanings - PARANYMPHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.

FEAST
festival, F. fête, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year
PARANYMPHAL
Bridal; nuptial. At some paranymphal feast. Ford.
NUPTIAL
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton. (more info) nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the
BRIDAL
Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
FEASTER
1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
FEASTFUL
Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.
BRIDALTY
Celebration of the nuptial feast. "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.
ANTENUPTIAL
Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.
OUTFEAST
To exceed in feasting.
POSTNUPTIAL
Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.
BULLFEAST
See BULLFIGHT
SMELL-FEAST
1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.