betrothable

English

Etymology

From betroth +‎ -able.

Adjective

betrothable (comparative more betrothable, superlative most betrothable)

1. Fit or able to be betrothed; of marriageable age, quality, or status.
   • 1978, Paul Trevor William Baxter, Uri Almagor, Age, generation and time:

     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, [...]

   • 2000, Sheri S. Tepper, Singer from the Sea:

     Though marriage was deferred until later, girls became betrothable at twenty, and all students over twenty attended the soirées.

   • 2002, Trevor Dean, K. J. P. Lowe, Marriage in Italy, 1300-1650:

     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.