marriageable

[ mar-i-juh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.

  2. of an age suitable for marriage: a marriageable daughter.

Origin of marriageable

1
First recorded in 1545–55; marriage + -able

Other words from marriageable

  • mar·riage·a·bil·i·ty, mar·riage·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·mar·riage·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·mar·riage·a·ble, adjective
  • un·mar·riage·a·ble, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for marriageable

marriageable

/ (ˈmærɪdʒəbəl) /


adjective
  1. (esp of women) suitable for marriage, usually with reference to age

Derived forms of marriageable

  • marriageability or marriageableness, noun

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