Sekirov Dictionary

hymeneal

/hʌɪməˈniːəl/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Pertaining to marriage.
- I consider these more as the privileges of age, than as part of the hymeneal dowry. — 1806
•
Of or pertaining to the hymen.
- ‘It doesn't seem to qualify as a haemorrhage,’ he said, with his usual cocky certainty. ‘Just heavy hymeneal bleeding, I'd say.’ — 1978
Pertaining to sexual relations.

noun1

•
A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding.
- For her white virgins hymeneals sing, / To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away, / And melts in visions of eternal day. — 1717

forms

hymeneals · more hymeneal · most hymeneal

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