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marriageable

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mar·riage·a·ble  (mr-j-bl)
adj.
Suitable for marriage: of marriageable age.
marriage·a·bili·ty, marriage·a·ble·ness n.
marriageable
Adjective
suitable for marriage, usually with reference to age
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Adj.1.marriageable - of girls or women who are eligible to marry
nubile
mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"


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Twenty years of age, a charming blonde, with blue eyes, milk-white complexion, and radiant with divine health, Mathilde Stangerson was one of the most beautiful marriageable girls in either the old or the new world.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Not improbably this circumstance wrought a very material change in the public estimation; and had the mother and child remained here, little Pearl at a marriageable period of life might have mingled her wild blood with the lineage of the devoutest Puritan among them all.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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