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nubile
English
Etymology
From French nubile, from Latin n?bilis (“marriageable”), from n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewb?- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nuba?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nju?ba?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)
- Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
- Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
- Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy
Usage notes
For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.
Derived terms
- nubility
Related terms
- connubial
- nuptial, nuptials
Translations
Noun
nubile (plural nubiles)
- A young sexually attractive woman.
Anagrams
- beluin, unible
French
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.bil/
Adjective
nubile (plural nubiles)
- nubile
Further reading
- “nubile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nu.bi.le/
Adjective
nubile (plural nubili)
- unmarried
Noun
nubile f (plural nubili)
- unmarried woman
- spinster
Related terms
- nubilato
See also
- celibe
Latin
Adjective
n?bile
- vocative masculine singular of n?bilus
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connubially
English
Etymology
connubial +? -ly
Adverb
connubially (comparative more connubially, superlative most connubially)
- as in marriage
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- So he decreed, in words succinct,
- That all who flirted, leered or winked
- (Unless connubially linked),
- Should forthwith be beheaded.
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
Related terms
- nubile
- nuptial
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