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nubility

nubility

1 9.9
The state of being physically mature and old enough to marry, especially in young women
  • noun
  • /njuːˈbɪləti/
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: nubilidad
  • In many cultures, nubility is associated with the age when a young woman can marry.

Examples

  • The tradition celebrates the transition into nubility with a special ceremony.

  • She was admired for her beauty and reached nubility at a very young age.

  • Get your mind off nubility, for chrissake.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • He has them all, all the menagerie of race, the subtle stimulus of shapes: Negresses in their first nubility.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

marriageability
vsnubility
1 7.6

How suitable a person is as a life partner

focuses on physical maturity and being of appropriate age especially in young women

Antonyms

childhood
742 1.0

The time in life when someone is a child before becoming a teenager

immaturity
13 4.8

A state of not being fully grown in body or feelings

How Mature

maturity
96 3.3
nubility
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1 9.9
adolescence
56 3.9
puberty
70 2.8
childhood
742 1.0

Surface Forms

nubility singular
nubilities plural

Morphology

nubility = nubile (transparent) = nubile + ity

Formed by regular suffixation of the adjective 'nubile' with '-ity' to denote the state or quality.

Etymology

Nubility comes from the Latin word nubere, which meant 'to veil' and later 'to marry'. Think of a bride putting on a veil at a wedding and remember the same root in nuptial — so nubility means being old enough for marriage.