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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status..
The transitions from girl, to betrothable maiden, to wife, to mother and to post-menarche old woman may, or may not, be much more dramatically marked than the equivalent stages are for men, but the ceremonies mark individual status changes, [...]
Though marriage was deferred until later, girls became betrothable at twenty, and all students over twenty attended the soirées.
In most cases, punishment was meted out to compensate the woman's father for his loss of valuable (and betrothable) property rather than to console the victim.
Use betrothable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Betrothable means Fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The transitions from girl, to betrothable maiden, to wife, to mother and to post-menarche old woman may, or may not, be much more dramatically marked than the equivalent stages are for men, but the ceremonies mark individual status changes, [...]
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