nubile

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The sires stood forth unabashed; but a little back from his ken Clustered the scarcely nubile, the lads and maids, in a ring, Fain of each other, afraid of themselves, aware of the king And aping behaviour, but clinging together with hands and eyes, With looks that were kind like kisses, and laughter tender as sighs.

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  1. adjective Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women.
  2. adjective Sexually mature and attractive. Used of young women.

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  • No, that would have revolted a man with Niall's predilection for the nubile. —  The Ship Who Sang
  • She felt like giggling; wasn't she nubile, and young? —  The Ship Who Sang
  • And Kurla's body, that was only flesh, nubile, tactile, beautiful, soul-less. —  The Ship Who Sang
  • 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)?!?!? —  Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog
  • If I included an illustrative photo at this point of a nubile, bare-breasted young woman, our religious brethren would reel back, aghast. —  Dvorak Uncensored
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  1. Latin nūbilis, from nūbere, to take a husband.

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  1. = French nubile = Spanish núbil = Portuguese nubil = Italian nubile, from Latin nubilis, marriageable, from nubere, cover, veil oneself, as a bride, hence wed, marry.
 

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