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"The blonde guy shooed her nubile fingers from his manhood." nubile 1642, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from Fr. nubile, from L. nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband."
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Etymologically it means puella nubilis -- a maiden of marriageable age.
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