Betrothable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status.
"The transitions from girl, to betrothable maiden, to wife, to mother and to post-menarche old woman may, or may not, be much more dramatically marked than the equivalent stages are for men, but the ceremonies mark individual status changes, [...]"
Example
More examples"The transitions from girl, to betrothable maiden, to wife, to mother and to post-menarche old woman may, or may not, be much more dramatically marked than the equivalent stages are for men, but the ceremonies mark individual status changes, [...]"
Etymology
From betroth + -able.
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