nubilen.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːbʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uˌbaɪl/,

/ˈn(j)ub(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nubile adj.¹

Etymology: < nubile adj.¹

colloquial.

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

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > woman

morsela1450

honeypot1618

enchantera1704

peach1710

enchantress1713

sparkler1713

enslaver1728

witch1740

fascinatress1799

honey1843

biscuit1855

fairy1862

baby1863

scorcher1881

cracker1891

peacherino1896

hot tamale1897

mink1899

hotty?1913

babe1915

a bit of skirt1916

cookie1917

tomato1918

snuggle-pup1922

nifty1923

brahma1925

package1931

ginch1934

blonde bombshell1942

beast1946

smasher1948

a bit of crackling1949

nymphet1955

nymphette1961

fox1963

beaver1968

superbabe1970

brick house1977

nubile1977

yummy mummy1993

1977 New Musical Express 10 Dec. 232 Most rockstars..keep the fans away from them at all costs, excepting the usual select contingent of lucky (?) nubiles.

1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 9 May 7 Dancing, as a staple of the teen film, is perhaps a nobler gimmick than..car chases, fistfights and sunbathing nubiles.

1995 GQ Jan. 93/1 While half the tables are filled with pubescent politicians planning the downfall of the prime minister, the Wagnerian nubiles are praying that the Baltic brats survive in power.

2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Oct. Marriage levels are dropping fast and there are now more than 160 ‘excess nubiles’, as they classify women under 45 who have been unable to find husbands.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nubileadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈnjuːbʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uˌbaɪl/,

/ˈn(j)ubəl/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nubile; Latin nūbilis.

Etymology: < French nubile suitable for marriage (1509 in Middle French of a person's age, 1611 of a person) or its etymon classical Latin nūbilis suitable for marriage (both of a person and of a person's age) < nūbere to marry (probably cognate with nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.) and meaning literally ‘to veil oneself’) + -ilis -ile suffix. Compare Italian nubile (14th cent.), Spanish núbil (1604), Portuguese núbil (1873). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (niū·bil) /ˈnjuːbɪl/.

1. Chiefly of a girl or young woman: marriageable; of an age or condition suitable for marriage; sexually mature. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > marriageable (of woman)

viripotent1587

nubile1642

virile1648

1642 G. Eglisham Fore-runner of Revenge (new ed.) 12 Buckinghams Neece was not yet Nubile in yeares.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 401 The Cowslip smiles, in brighter yellow dress'd, Than that which veils the nubile Virgin's Breast.

1777 K. O'Hara April-day I. 9 Matil. I—modestly remonstrate that—my niece Is now arriv'd at marriageable years—(curtsy) Buff. (superciliously) The maid is nubile.

1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 Characters 18/2 They [sc. Moorish women]..feed when they become nubile on a diet somewhat like forced-meat balls.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1340/2 Hindoo women would gradually come to consist of such as by constitution are early nubile.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 191 On the day when Spring's green girlishness Grew nubile and she trembled into May.

1879 W. L. Lindsay Mind in Lower Animals 468 Preference or choice in the selection of mates by the nubile females.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xx. 121 The rhythms of her not quite nubile limbs had given me pleasure.

1988 E. Feinstein Mother's Girl iii. 35 As I was nubile at eleven, I attracted sexual attention.

1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 293 Sign rather than substance, the image of the Illuminati stands in post-Revolutionary America as an index of foreign intervention in the affairs of the nubile Republic.

2. Of a person's age: suitable for marriage, permissible for marriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > of marriageable age > suitable for marriage (of age)

nubile1831

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 425 The female slaves were, at a nubile age, as numerous as the males.

1855 Harper's Mag. Mar. 502 As soon as she arrived at nubile years, her aunt..tried to force her to marry her son, Francisco de Assis, an imbecile creature.

1889 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 4) xxi. 170 Twenty to twenty-five years is the best nubile age of women.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 373/1 In Greece the age of majority is twenty-one, and the nubile age sixteen for males and fourteen for females.

1995 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Feb. 28/1 The Holy Father confirmed this yardstick of sufficient nubile maturity in his February 5, 1987, Rotal allocution.

3. colloquial. Chiefly of a girl or young woman, or a personal attribute: sexually attractive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire > specifically of a woman

lush1891

sexy1912

slutty1912

foxy1913

leggy1927

floozy?1930

sultry1940

nubile1944

1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 71 She no longer fought against me but, with..her round, nubile thighs bare, lay in my lap.

1956 Nature 15 Sept. 563/1 The contrast in fertility between the nubile mistress and the unattractive Queen is striking.

1973 N. Mailer in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 52/2 A woman so sensitive and alive, so nubile as flesh and evanescent as a wisp of vapour.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Jan. e1/2 There's a Ray-Banned guy with a nubile mass of teeth and hair hanging on each arm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nubile
释义	nubilen. Brit. /ˈnjuːbʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˌbaɪl/, /ˈn(j)ub(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nubile adj.¹ Etymology: < nubile adj.¹ colloquial. A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > woman morsela1450 honeypot1618 enchantera1704 peach1710 enchantress1713 sparkler1713 enslaver1728 witch1740 fascinatress1799 honey1843 biscuit1855 fairy1862 baby1863 scorcher1881 cracker1891 peacherino1896 hot tamale1897 mink1899 hotty?1913 babe1915 a bit of skirt1916 cookie1917 tomato1918 snuggle-pup1922 nifty1923 brahma1925 package1931 ginch1934 blonde bombshell1942 beast1946 smasher1948 a bit of crackling1949 nymphet1955 nymphette1961 fox1963 beaver1968 superbabe1970 brick house1977 nubile1977 yummy mummy1993 1977 New Musical Express 10 Dec. 232 Most rockstars..keep the fans away from them at all costs, excepting the usual select contingent of lucky (?) nubiles. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 9 May 7 Dancing, as a staple of the teen film, is perhaps a nobler gimmick than..car chases, fistfights and sunbathing nubiles. 1995 GQ Jan. 93/1 While half the tables are filled with pubescent politicians planning the downfall of the prime minister, the Wagnerian nubiles are praying that the Baltic brats survive in power. 2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Oct. Marriage levels are dropping fast and there are now more than 160 ‘excess nubiles’, as they classify women under 45 who have been unable to find husbands. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nubileadj.¹ Brit. /ˈnjuːbʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˌbaɪl/, /ˈn(j)ubəl/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nubile; Latin nūbilis. Etymology: < French nubile suitable for marriage (1509 in Middle French of a person's age, 1611 of a person) or its etymon classical Latin nūbilis suitable for marriage (both of a person and of a person's age) < nūbere to marry (probably cognate with nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.) and meaning literally ‘to veil oneself’) + -ilis -ile suffix. Compare Italian nubile (14th cent.), Spanish núbil (1604), Portuguese núbil (1873). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (niū·bil) /ˈnjuːbɪl/. 1. Chiefly of a girl or young woman: marriageable; of an age or condition suitable for marriage; sexually mature. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > marriageable (of woman) viripotent1587 nubile1642 virile1648 1642 G. Eglisham Fore-runner of Revenge (new ed.) 12 Buckinghams Neece was not yet Nubile in yeares. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 401 The Cowslip smiles, in brighter yellow dress'd, Than that which veils the nubile Virgin's Breast. 1777 K. O'Hara April-day I. 9 Matil. I—modestly remonstrate that—my niece Is now arriv'd at marriageable years—(curtsy) Buff. (superciliously) The maid is nubile. 1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 Characters 18/2 They [sc. Moorish women]..feed when they become nubile on a diet somewhat like forced-meat balls. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1340/2 Hindoo women would gradually come to consist of such as by constitution are early nubile. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 191 On the day when Spring's green girlishness Grew nubile and she trembled into May. 1879 W. L. Lindsay Mind in Lower Animals 468 Preference or choice in the selection of mates by the nubile females. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xx. 121 The rhythms of her not quite nubile limbs had given me pleasure. 1988 E. Feinstein Mother's Girl iii. 35 As I was nubile at eleven, I attracted sexual attention. 1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 293 Sign rather than substance, the image of the Illuminati stands in post-Revolutionary America as an index of foreign intervention in the affairs of the nubile Republic. 2. Of a person's age: suitable for marriage, permissible for marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > of marriageable age > suitable for marriage (of age) nubile1831 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 425 The female slaves were, at a nubile age, as numerous as the males. 1855 Harper's Mag. Mar. 502 As soon as she arrived at nubile years, her aunt..tried to force her to marry her son, Francisco de Assis, an imbecile creature. 1889 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 4) xxi. 170 Twenty to twenty-five years is the best nubile age of women. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 373/1 In Greece the age of majority is twenty-one, and the nubile age sixteen for males and fourteen for females. 1995 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Feb. 28/1 The Holy Father confirmed this yardstick of sufficient nubile maturity in his February 5, 1987, Rotal allocution. 3. colloquial. Chiefly of a girl or young woman, or a personal attribute: sexually attractive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire > specifically of a woman lush1891 sexy1912 slutty1912 foxy1913 leggy1927 floozy?1930 sultry1940 nubile1944 1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 71 She no longer fought against me but, with..her round, nubile thighs bare, lay in my lap. 1956 Nature 15 Sept. 563/1 The contrast in fertility between the nubile mistress and the unattractive Queen is striking. 1973 N. Mailer in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 52/2 A woman so sensitive and alive, so nubile as flesh and evanescent as a wisp of vapour. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Jan. e1/2 There's a Ray-Banned guy with a nubile mass of teeth and hair hanging on each arm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1977adj.¹1642
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nubilen.

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nubileadj.¹