Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women.
- adj. Sexually mature and attractive. Used of young women.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.
Wiktionary
- adj. of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (used of a young woman).
- adj. sexually attractive (used of a young woman).
- n. A young sexually-attractive woman
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.
- adj. Sexually attractive, sometimes used as a genteel euphemism for having well-developed breasts; -- of a young woman.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of girls or women who are eligible to marry
Etymologies
- From French nubile, from Latin nubilis ("marriageable"), from nūbō ("marry, to take as husband"), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη ("bride, young wife, nymph") (English nymph), but this is disputed. (Wiktionary)
- Latin nūbilis, from nūbere, to take a husband. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He finally baptizes a nubile village girl, and their ecstatic duet suggests they shared more than a mere dunk.”
“The word "nubile" you use implies sexuality in the girl, and if you look at Linda Blair, Jennifer Carpenter and Ashley Bell, it's the innocence and lack of sexuality of these girls that make them perfect victims for the devil.”
“Someday, forensic shows will let young male artists know that what they think is "nubile" is really "effects of a previous pregnancy".”
“This is obviously not sexualization, but the socialization is part of the structure that supports the sexualization, once they hit that "nubile" *grrr* state.”
“It's turn-of-the-century Washington D.C. and you've got a string of murders, a vampire woman, her diplomat husband, a British ambassador, his "nubile" daughter God only knows how many times that adjective describes her, a hardheaded police detective, a drunk bum of a would-be private detective, a priest, a suspicious doctor, and a sadistic cat.”
“I'm sure he meant "nubile". just now, -0/+1So, now Nokia will have three operating systems?”
“But, eh, did you say your six-year old thumbs were more "nubile" in that last video when talking about the joystick (which looks like Atari, not commodore to me)?!?!?”
“Gonna go all soft porn with the nubile women and all howsabout some nice boymeat to oogle ...”
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A.
“No one could accuse Mr. Poon's film of subtlety, but it offered a degree of titillated delight that was rivaled only by the hugely popular trailer, shown at a film mart associated with the festival, for "Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy," a 3-D porn movie with a nubile princess and bullets coming at you from the barrel of an antique gun.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bullets, Love and Beijing's Heavy Hand
“One understands that it's reality TV law that there have to be nubile women showering under the fake waterfall for men who've never had a girlfriend they didn't have to inflate, but these aren't classic IAC Moments.”
The Guardian: Health and safety rules should have a get-out clause | Barbara Ellen
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Tweets
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sakhalinskii It reminds me of nipples. Nov 9, 2008
smrtrthnu NUBILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is a word
. Oct 11, 2008
bilby Sounds better in Italian. Sep 26, 2008
rolig I think the creepiness of this word is because we imagine it being said by salivating pedophiles. Sep 26, 2008
maesepedro it practically gives me the creeps just looking at it Sep 26, 2008
mercy Yeah, it IS a little creepy, isn't it? Sep 11, 2008
bodhi God this word is so creepy! Sep 11, 2008
bodhi God this word is so creepy! Sep 11, 2008
seanahan I like the various forms of this word, nubiler, nubilest, and my favorite, nubility. May 15, 2007