nubile
Plural: nubiles
Adjective Satellite
- of girls or women who are eligible to marry
Adj
- Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
- Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
Noun
- A young sexually attractive woman.
Adjective
- Suitable for marriage, especially of a young woman; sexually mature.
Examples
- He played ’NUBILE’ across a double letter score, showcasing his expanding vocabulary.
Origin / Etymology
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
Synonyms
marriageable, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable, bedworthy, bonable, bonerific, buff, delicious, desirable, doable, dreamy, effable, eligible, fanciable, fappable, fapworthy, fine, fit, foxy, fuckable, gorgeous, hittable, horny, hot, humpable, peng, provocative, raunchy, rootable, salacious, screwable, seductive, sensual, sexable, sexalicious, sexy, shaggable, swoonsome, tasty, toothsome, wifeable
Scrabble Score: 8
nubile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnubile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nubile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary