LOVE AND MARRIAGE

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

Each clue below can be answered with a word related to love, marriage, or other personal issues.

 

1. Kiss

2. Pregnant

3. A woman who has never given birth

4. A young girl or woman (said to be) ready for marriage

5. A long-time bachelor who is newly married

6. Inter-racial marriage

7. A friendship-based, non sexual, relationship

8. French for love letter

9. Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations by vow or choice

10. Husband or wife or a reigning monarch

11. Bride's wardrobe

12. Marriage to two people at the same time

13. Having multiple sexual partners - with the consent of all involved

14. A man who dresses in women's clothing

15 A person born with both male and female characteristics.

16. A noisy, mock serenade to a newly married couple

17. A reformed prostitute

18. A reformed John (one who solicits a prostitute)

19. Sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity after

20. Husband or wife

21 Of a man having multiple sexual partners

22. Of a woman havin multiple sexual partners

 

Answers:

 

1. Osculate

2. Gravid

3. Nullipara

4. Nubile

5. Benedict

6. Miscegenation

7. Platonic

8. Billet-doux

9. Celibate

10. Consort

11. Trousseau

12. Bigamy

13. Polyamorous

14. Transvestite

15. Hermaphrodite

16. Shivaree

17. Magdalene

18. There is no word for a reformed John

19. Chastity

20. Spouse

21. Philandering

22. Promiscuous

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