Marriageable

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is suitable for marriage.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Suitable for marriage; nubile.

    "Marry money, thought I to myself, who will he marry? then in my own mind I made a review of all the marriageable heiresses, and heiresses apparent, not only in Silveryville, but likewise, in a circuit several miles around it, and I could not find one among them all, who was not already engaged to be married to somebody else."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of girls or women who are eligible to marry wordnet

Synonyms

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adultbigeligiblegrowngrown upmature

Example

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"My daughter has reached a marriageable age."

Etymology

From marriage + -able.

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