manable

English

Etymology

From man +‎ -able?

Adjective

manable (comparative more manable, superlative most manable)

1. (obsolete, of a woman) marriageable; weddable
   • 1607, Thomas Middleton, The Familie of Love:

     A pile on ye, won't you! had you not been so manable, here are some would have saved you that labour.

References

• “manable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• namable