marriageable

[ mar-i-juh-buh l ]

/ ˈmær ɪ dʒə bəl /

suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.

of an age suitable for marriage: a marriageable daughter.

Origin of marriageable

First recorded in 1545–55; marriage + -able

mar·riage·a·bil·i·ty, mar·riage·a·ble·ness, noun non·mar·riage·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·mar·riage·a·ble, adjective un·mar·riage·a·ble, adjective

The marriageable women he had seen had not been of the type to attract a dreamer like Daniel Wise.

The Copy-Cat and Other Stories |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
He had also a daughter, whom he contracted to Drusus, Germanicus's son, before she was of marriageable age.

The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete |C. Suetonius Tranquillus
He humbly beseeches Her Majesty to have pitiful regard for his wife and marriageable children.

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 |William Painter
It thus happened that Paul escaped the discouragements hitherto presented to marriageable men by dowagers and young girls.

The Marriage Contract |Honore de Balzac

I think I could throw out an inducement which would lead him to look favorably on her—when she's of a marriageable age, that is.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. |Various

marriageable

/ (ˈmærɪdʒəbəl) /

(esp of women) suitable for marriage, usually with reference to age

marriageability or marriageableness, noun