nubile

Definitions

adj

1

Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).

"Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.

2

Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

noun

1

A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman

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Synonyms

adjective — of girls or women who are eligible to marry

marriageable

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"Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his

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