NEARLYWED Definition & Meaning

nearlywed

[ neer-lee-wed ]

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noun

a person who lives with another in a life partnership, sometimes engaged with no planned wedding date, sometimes with no intention of ever marrying:
We’ve been nearlyweds for eight wonderful years, with our third child on the way.
a person whose wedding day is very soon to occur:
Just two days from the big event, this is one nearlywed who isn’t feeling a smidgen of cold feet.

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Origin of nearlywed¹

First recorded in 1955–60; nearly ( def ) + wed ( def ); modeled on newlywed ( def )

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Tirzah Stein, a licensed social worker in Denver, recently left her job in that field to start NearlyWed Coaching, which specializes in wedding and premarital coaching.

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But the deep blues and white-out whites of Santorini exercise a particular hold on the romantic imagination of many an Asian nearlywed.

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Yet it is another type of role for which she is really famous: the nearlywed.

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