wedlock

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wedlock

/ˈwɛd.lɒk/ UK
/ˈwɛd.lɑk/ UK

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From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.

noun wedlocks

countable, uncountable The state of being married. If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man.
Similar: matrimony, marriage
countable, obsolete, uncountable A wife; a married woman. that lovely payre, / Enlincked fast in wedlockes loyall bond, / Bold Marinell with Florimell the fayre […]

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@misc{wedlock_2026,
  title = {wedlock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wedlock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}