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marriageable

[mar-i-juh-buhl]

adjective

suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.

of an age suitable for marriage: a marriageable daughter.

Origin:
1545–55; marriage + -able

Related forms

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

non·mar·riage·a·ble·ness, noun

un·mar·riage·a·ble, adjective

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marriageable (ˈmærɪdʒəb^əl)

—*adj*
	(esp of women) suitable for marriage, usually with reference to age

marriagea'bility

—n

'marriageableness

—n

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