CONJUGALIZEVERB
to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from 'conjugal' + -ize (conjugal - from Latin conjugalis, from conjugem consort, spouse from con- together + jug- root of jungere to join, yoke) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1823 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...In your anxiety however, to conjugalize, I beseech you, by the apple of your eye, not to imitate those husband-hunting Nina Vernons* who ..." *Nina Vernon - when an old maid displays a great deal of pretension, it is usual to say, "she is a Nina Vernon." (A character in La Petite Ville [The Little Village], by Louis-Benoît Picard, 1801) From: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Conjugalism, Or the Art of Making a Good Marriage, 1823 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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