nubile
(of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
(of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive: the nubile girls in their bikinis.
Origin of nubile
1Other 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 BrackettThe average nubile female, aged thirteen to twenty-one, is two feet, ten inches high and weighs forty-eight pounds.
This Crowded Earth | Robert BlochShe retains her vigour and her youthfulness, and even at the age of forty may rival the young nubile girl.
Married Love | Marie Carmichael StopesAll women of that category are Nupa, or nubile, as far as this man goes.
Social Origins and Primal Law | Andrew Lang
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
/ (ˈnjuːbaɪl) /
ready or suitable for marriage by virtue of age or maturity
sexually attractive
Origin of nubile
1Derived forms of nubile
- nubility (njuːˈbɪlɪtɪ), noun
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