marriageable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is suitable for marriage.
形容词 adj.
  1. Suitable for marriage; nubile.
    — 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 be married to somebody else.

词形变化

more marriageable comparative most marriageable superlative marriageables plural

词汇关系

反义词
unmarriageable

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English marriage
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English marriageable
From marriage + -able.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English marriage
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English marriageable
From marriage + -able.
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