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marriageability

marriageability noun: the condition of being marriageable.

Noun

marriageability (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being marriageable.
    • The marriageability of men with physical disabilities is likely to increase somewhat as a result of the war.1955, Family, Marriage and Parenthood, page 249
    • At fifty-eight with no children of her own [...] she wondered about the hysteria, the violence, the damnation of pregnancy without marriageability.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 76

Synonyms of marriageability

Origin of marriageability

From marriage + -ability.

Questions about marriageability

What does marriageability mean?
Marriageability means the condition of being marriageable.
What part of speech is marriageability?
Marriageability is a noun.

Words near marriageability in the dictionary

  1. marriage vows
  2. marriage-broker
  3. marriage-brokers
  4. marriage-portion
  5. marriage-portions
  6. marriageability
  7. marriageable
  8. marriageableness
  9. marriageables
  10. marriageably
  11. marriageless

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