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marriageableness

marriageableness noun: marriageability.

Noun

marriageableness (uncountable)

  1. Marriageability.
    • A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.1884, The Medical Age, volume 2, page 358

Origin of marriageableness

From marriageable + -ness.

Questions about marriageableness

What does marriageableness mean?
Marriageableness means marriageability.
What part of speech is marriageableness?
Marriageableness is a noun.

Words near marriageableness in the dictionary

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

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