connubiate

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Meaning · English

To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Let it be Rome, Milan, Naples, Florence, Turin, Venice, or Switzerland, and ‘egad!’ (as Bayes saith,) I will connubiate and join you; and we will write a new ‘Inferno’ in our Paradise.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “connubiate” mean?

To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.

Is “connubiate” formal or informal?

connubiate is generally slang.