marriageable age
11marriageable — adjective old fashioned suitable for marriage: a young woman of marriageable age marriageability noun (U) …
12Marriageable — Mar riage*a*ble, a. Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. {Mar riage*a*ble*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
13marriageable — marriageability, marriageableness, n. /mar i jeuh beuhl/, adj. 1. suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable. 2. of an age suitable for marriage: a marriageable daughter. [1545 …
14age — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Old age Nouns 1. age, years, oldness; life expectancy, life span; longevity, length of years; gerontology, geriatrics; gerontocracy; ageism. 2. (maturity) adulthood, man or womanhood, maturity; legal or… …
15marriageable — adj nubile, marriable, ripe, in full bloom; of age, at the age of consent …
16marriageable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nubile, grown up, of age, adult; see mature 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Deemed suitable for marriage: eligible. Archaic: marriable. See MARRIAGE …
17marriageable — mar·riage·a·ble || mærɪdÊ’É™bl adj. of age to be married; suitable for marriage; characterizing a person who may easily enter into a marriage contract …
18marriageable — adjective fit or suitable for marriage, especially in being wealthy or of the right age. Derivatives marriageability noun …
19marriageable — mar•riage•a•ble [[t]ˈmær ɪ dʒə bəl[/t]] adj. suitable, as in age, for marriage • Etymology: 1545–55 mar riage•a•bil′i•ty, mar′riage•a•ble•ness n …
20marriageable — adj. 1 fit for marriage, esp. old or rich enough to marry. 2 (of age) fit for marriage. Derivatives: marriageability n …
