betrothable
betrothable adjective: fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status.
Adjective
betrothable (comparative more betrothable, superlative most betrothable)
- Fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status.
- The transitions from girl, to betrothable maiden, to wife, to mother and to post-menarche old woman may, or may not, be much more dramatically marked than the equivalent stages are for men, but the ceremonies mark individual status changes, [...]1978, Paul Trevor William Baxter, Uri Almagor, Age, generation and time
- Though marriage was deferred until later, girls became betrothable at twenty, and all students over twenty attended the soirées.2000, Sheri S. Tepper, Singer from the Sea
Forms of betrothable
| comparative | more betrothable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most betrothable |
Origin of betrothable
From betroth + -able.
Questions about betrothable
- What does betrothable mean?
- Betrothable means fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status.
- What part of speech is betrothable?
- Betrothable is an adjective.
Words near betrothable in the dictionary
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