Nubile

//ˈnubaɪl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young sexually attractive woman.
Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
Adjective
  1. 1
    of girls or women who are eligible to marry wordnet

Synonyms

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adolescentadultalluringarousingattractivebangable

Antonyms

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old

Example

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""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."

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.

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