nubile

[ noo-bil, -bahyl, nyoo- ]
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adjective
  1. (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.

  2. (of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive: the nubile girls in their bikinis.

Origin of nubile

1
First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin nūbilis, equivalent to nūb(ere) “to marry” + -ilis adjective suffix; see nuptial,-ile

Other words from nubile

  • nu·bil·i·ty [noo-bil-i-tee, nyoo-], /nuˈbɪl ɪ ti, nyu-/, noun

Words Nearby nubile

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How to use nubile in a sentence

  • If normal-size showgirls offered a nubile connection between the atomics and sex, imagine the concupiscent prospects presented by Allison Hayes in 1958’s Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

  • But shall we find in France a country where the proportion of births to the number of nubile women is greater than in our own?

    The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender Brackett
  • The average nubile female, aged thirteen to twenty-one, is two feet, ten inches high and weighs forty-eight pounds.

    This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch
  • She retains her vigour and her youthfulness, and even at the age of forty may rival the young nubile girl.

    Married Love | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • All women of that category are Nupa, or nubile, as far as this man goes.

  • I knew once a lady with a lot of six, nubile, but not attractive, all with a decided bias toward Terpsichore and Hymen.

    Guy Livingstone; | George A. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for nubile

nubile

/ (ˈnjuːbaɪl) /


adjective(of a girl or woman)
  1. ready or suitable for marriage by virtue of age or maturity

  2. sexually attractive

Origin of nubile

1
C17: from Latin nūbilis, from nūbere to marry

Derived forms of nubile

  • nubility (njuːˈbɪlɪtɪ), noun

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