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nubile

[ noo-bil, -bahyl, nyoo- ]

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.



nubile

/ njuːˈbɪlɪtɪ; ˈnjuːbaɪl /

adjective

  1. ready or suitable for marriage by virtue of age or maturity
  2. sexually attractive


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Derived Forms

  • nubility, noun

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Other Words From

  • nu·bil·i·ty [noo-, bil, -i-tee, nyoo-], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nubile1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nubile1

C17: from Latin nūbilis, from nūbere to marry

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Example Sentences

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.

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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 average nubile female, aged thirteen to twenty-one, is two feet, ten inches high and weighs forty-eight pounds.

She retains her vigour and her youthfulness, and even at the age of forty may rival the young nubile girl.

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.

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