beddable

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English

Etymology

From bed +‎ -able.

Adjective

beddable (comparative more beddable, superlative most beddable)

  1. (informal) Sexually attractive.
    • 1981, James Clavell, Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong, page 958:
      [] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.
    • 2011, Beryl Bainbridge, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, →ISBN, page 20:
      It was obvious from the twist of his mouth that she was not the beddable woman he'd pictured.
    • 2016 May 12, Harriet Minter, “Enforcing high heels in the office is the height of workplace sexism”, in The Guardian:
      Because for some reason companies still seem to think that true success is coming through the door to a woman who is both beddable and biddable, the 1950s housewife brought into the office.

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