manable
English
Etymology
Adjective
manable (comparative more manable, superlative most manable)
- (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.