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nubility

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nu·bile  (nbl, -bl, ny-)
adj.
1. Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women.
2. Sexually mature and attractive. Used of young women.

[Latin nbilis, from nbere, to take a husband.]

nu·bili·ty (n-bl-t, ny-) n.

nubility
the condition of being marriageable, especially in reference to a woman’s age or physical development. — nubile, adj.
See also: Women
the condition of being marriageable, especially in reference to a woman’s age or physical development. — nubile, adj.
See also: Marriage


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The crystalline shallows below the declivities of the spine and the shoulders dissolve into the puckers of the buttocks, and into the chiselled thighs trembling on nubility.
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