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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈnubaɪl/

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnjuːbaɪl/

• 韻: -aɪl

形容詞

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable

   • 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 28, in Crome Yellow‎, London: Chatto & Windus, page 292:

     "Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.

2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

   Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy

使用する際の注意点

• For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

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名詞

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman

アナグラム

• beluin, unible

形容詞

nūbile

1. vocative masculine singular of nūbilus