marriageable, nubile
(adjective) of girls or women who are eligible to marry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.
• (marriageable): eligible, marriageable, wifeable
• (sexually attractive): foxy; see also sexy
nubile (plural nubiles)
A young sexually attractive woman.
• beluin, unible
Source: Wiktionary
Nu"bile, a. Etym: [L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F. nubile. See Nuptial.]
Definition: Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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