nubile
[noo-bil, -bahyl, nyoo-]
- (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.
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Origin of nubile
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That all this virility and nubility and glamor is pure coincidence?
Masters of SpaceEdward Elmer Smith
This we have already pointed out in speaking of the age of nubility.
The Physical Life of Woman:Dr. George H Napheys
Nubility is the age or state when a boy or a girl is "fit" for marriage.
WomanWilliam J. Robinson
And an even greater period passes between this epoch and the age it is proper for a man to marry,—his age of nubility.
The Physical Life of Woman:Dr. George H Napheys
nubile
- ready or suitable for marriage by virtue of age or maturity
- sexually attractive
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin nūbilis, from nūbere to marry
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Word Origin and History for nubility
nubile
adj.
1640s, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from French nubile (16c.) or directly from Latin nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband" (see nuptial). In sense of "young and sexually attractive" from 1973. Related: Nubility.
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