nubilityn.

Brit.

/ˌnjuːˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)uˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nubile adj.¹, -ity suffix.

Etymology: < nubile adj.¹ + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin nubilitas (13th cent.), French nubilité (1750), Spanish nubilidad (1881 or earlier), Italian nubilità (19th cent.).

The quality of being nubile; suitability or capacity for marriage; sexual maturity; sexual attractiveness.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun]

marriageableness1687

nubility1813

marriageability1868

1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 71 131 When the age of nubility approached.

1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 82 Its first appearance..constitutes one of the earliest signs of puberty or nubility.

1889 D. J. Matthews Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 4) xxi. 169 The old and wisest counsels as to the nubility of men and women.

1915 Jrnl. Philos. & Sci. Methods 12 213 The Hindu maiden whose father did not marry her off at nubility was told to wait three years and then choose a bridegroom herself.

1956 Nature 15 Sept. 562/2 There seems to have been a regrettable lack of research on nubility in women.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Feb. 165/3 George Eliot knew Spencer well, and may have been perplexed at the time for his failure to marry anyone, herself included. But if his nubility was in doubt for her, his ability was not.

2001 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z) (Nexis) 9 Aug. 19 This is a meat market. Buffed bods demonstrate their nubility on the dance floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nubility
释义	nubilityn. Brit. /ˌnjuːˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nubile adj.¹, -ity suffix. Etymology: < nubile adj.¹ + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin nubilitas (13th cent.), French nubilité (1750), Spanish nubilidad (1881 or earlier), Italian nubilità (19th cent.). The quality of being nubile; suitability or capacity for marriage; sexual maturity; sexual attractiveness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] marriageableness1687 nubility1813 marriageability1868 1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 71 131 When the age of nubility approached. 1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 82 Its first appearance..constitutes one of the earliest signs of puberty or nubility. 1889 D. J. Matthews Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 4) xxi. 169 The old and wisest counsels as to the nubility of men and women. 1915 Jrnl. Philos. & Sci. Methods 12 213 The Hindu maiden whose father did not marry her off at nubility was told to wait three years and then choose a bridegroom herself. 1956 Nature 15 Sept. 562/2 There seems to have been a regrettable lack of research on nubility in women. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Feb. 165/3 George Eliot knew Spencer well, and may have been perplexed at the time for his failure to marry anyone, herself included. But if his nubility was in doubt for her, his ability was not. 2001 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z) (Nexis) 9 Aug. 19 This is a meat market. Buffed bods demonstrate their nubility on the dance floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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