nubile
adj/ˈnubaɪl/US/ˈnjuːbaɪl/UK
Etymology
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
- borrowed from nubile
Definitions
Of an age suitable for marriage
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- "Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.
Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
A woman of marriageable age
A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nubile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA