What does marriageable mean?
Definitions for marriageable
mar·riage·able
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Princeton's WordNet
marriageable, nubileadjective
of girls or women who are eligible to marry
Wiktionary
marriageablenoun
One who is suitable for marriage.
marriageableadjective
suitable for marriage; nubile
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Marriageableadjective
Etymology: from marriage.
Every wedding, one with another, produces four children, and consequently that is the proportion of children which any marriageable man or woman may be presumed shall have. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.
I am the father of a young heiress, whom I begin to look upon as marriageable. Spect. №. 237.
When the girls are twelve years old, which is the marriageable age, their parents take them home. Jonathan Swift.
They led the vine
To wed her elm; she spous’d about him twines
Her marriageable arms, and with her brings
Her dow’r, th’ adopted clusters to adorn
His barren leaves. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.
ChatGPT
marriageable
Marriageable refers to a person who is considered suitable or eligible for marriage, often based on factors such as age, maturity, social status, economic stability, physical attractiveness, or personal values. It can also refer to a state or condition that is legally, socially, or culturally recognized as suitable for getting married.
Webster Dictionary
Marriageableadjective
fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of marriageable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of marriageable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- avioliittokelpoinen, naimakelpoinenFinnish
- pòsachail, so-phòsaidhScottish Gaelic
- yn-phooseyManx
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