marriageable
marriageable adjective: suitable for marriage.
Adjective
marriageable (comparative more marriageable, superlative most marriageable)
- Suitable for marriage.
- The acting which one sometimes meets with on the stage, when an attempt is made to convey an idea of the cunning of a designing mamma in her efforts to please a marriageable man, and the arts and efforts of young miss herself to secure his regards, fall infinitely short of the reality of actual...1842, Pictures of Popular People, pages 13–14
- Marry money, thought I to myself, who will he marry? then in my own mind I made a review of all the marriageable heiresses, and heiresses apparent, not only in Silveryville, but likewise, in a circuit several miles around it, and I could not find one among them all, who was not already engaged to...1861, G. Fort, “Our First Newspaper”, in We Four Villagers. A Tale of Domestic Life in Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, Pa.: J. S. McCalla, […], page 60
- Antonyms:
- unmarriageable
Noun
marriageable (plural marriageables)
- One who is suitable for marriage.
marriageable meaning in Urdu
marriageable in Urdu
- قابل ازدواجیت, شادی کے قابل
Synonyms of marriageable
Antonyms
Forms of marriageable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more marriageable |
| superlative | most marriageable |
| Noun | |
| plural | marriageables |
Origin of marriageable
From marriage + -able.
Words formed from marriageable
Questions about marriageable
- What does marriageable mean?
- Marriageable means suitable for marriage.
- What is marriageable in Urdu?
- Marriageable in Urdu is قابل ازدواجیت, شادی کے قابل. See Marriageable meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is marriageable?
- Marriageable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near marriageable in the dictionary
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