Marriageable
['mærɪdʒəb(ə)l] or ['mærɪdʒəbl]
Definition
(a.) Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
Checker: Nona
Examples
- She had flirted with all the marriageable officers whom the depots of her country afforded, and all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They have assigned me every marriageable single woman by turns in the district. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I said MARRIAGEABLE--and besides, she has a horrid little place, and no maid, and such queer things to eat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But not girls--not poor, miserable, marriageable girls! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Checker: Nona