Marriageable
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who is suitable for marriage.
Adjective
- 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 of girls or women who are eligible to marry wordnet
Example
More examples"My daughter has reached a marriageable age."
Etymology
From marriage + -able.