postnuptial, a.
(pəʊstˈnʌpʃəl)
[f. post- B. 1 b + nuptial.]
Made, occurring, or existing after marriage; subsequent to marriage. Also, subsequent to mating (of animals).
| 1807 Vesey Reports Chanc. XII. 147 That part of the Property, which is protected by the post-nuptial Settlement. 1853 Jerdan Autobiog. III. 31 On their post-nuptial excursion to Paris. 1877 Black Green Past. xxii, The bitter disillusionising experience of post-nuptial life. 1885 Fargus Slings & Arrows 57 The large post-nuptial settlement which I proposed making. 1956 Nature 21 Jan. 143/1 Our experiment was begun on July 23..at about the estimated end of the postnuptial refractory period and before the next season's spermatogenesis began. |
Hence postˈnuptially adv., after marriage.
| 1870 Contemp. Rev. XIV. 441 The doctor..insisted on its being postnuptially settled on his wife. |