wifeable

English

Etymology

wife +‎ -able. Compare boyfriendable.

Adjective

wifeable

  1. (informal) nubile, worthy of being taken as a wife
    • 2014, Marcus Burke, Team Seven: A Novel‎, →ISBN:
      No one paid her any mind. The kids in student council were like shadows in the halls. They were around us but mostly behind and under our feet. She didn't even have a perm in her hair. She couldn't compete with the wifeable girls in school like Sade Fulton.
    • 2016, Gayl Jones, The Healing‎, →ISBN:
      But I told you that you're not a wifeable woman, and I told him so, and he wanted to wife you anyway.
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