English Explanatory Dictionary

nubile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
  2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
noun
  1. A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman

Pronunciation

/ˈnubaɪl/ En-US-nubile.wav /ˈnjuːbaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nubile.wav

Word forms

nubile more nubile most nubile nubiles

Etymology

From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Synonyms

eligible marriageable wifeable foxy alluring arousing attractive bangable beautiful beddable bedworthy bonable bonerific buff delicious desirable doable dreamy effable fanciable fappable fapworthy fine fit fuckable gorgeous hittable horny hot humpable peng provocative raunchy rootable salacious screwable seductive sensual sexable sexalicious sexy shaggable swoonsome tasty toothsome

Related words

connubial nuptial nuptials

Derived words

nubility prenubile
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