Definition of Nubile

1. Adjective. Of girls or women who are eligible to marry.

Exact synonyms: Marriageable
Similar to: Mature
Derivative terms: Marriageability

Definition of Nubile

1. a. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.

Definition of Nubile

1. Adjective. of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (used of a young woman). ¹

2. Adjective. sexually attractive (used of a young woman). ¹

3. Noun. A young sexually-attractive woman ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nubile

1. suitable for marriage [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nubile

nubby
nubcake
nubcakes
nubcakez
nubecula
nubeculae
nubias
nubiferous
nubiferously
nubiform
nubigenous
nubilate
nubilated
nubilates
nubilating
nubiles
nubilities
nubility
nubilose
nubilous
nublike
nubs
nubuck
nubucks
nuby
nucament
nucamentaceous
nucaments
nucellar

Literary usage of Nubile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"Rape on the nubile girl or the adult virgin. ... RAPE ON nubile (OR ADULT) VIRGIN GIRLS. Under this term we understand girls over fifteen years of age. ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1867)
"1 In conclusion, it is almost useless to add that I consider the age of about from 20 to 25 the nubile age of woman. The numerous facts and arguments I have ..."

3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1857)
"IE and Others, Petitionen,— Note for Donald Lindsay (Somerville's Curator). Curator Bonis—nubile ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In France the year of majority is twenty- one, and the nubile age eighteen ... In Germany, majority is reached at twenty-one, the nubile age is twenty for ..."

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