MAIDENHOOD

girlhood, maidenhood, maidhood

(noun) the childhood of a girl

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

maidenhood (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhoods)

(uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.

A woman's virginity or maidenhead.

Freshness; newness.

Synonyms

• maidhood

Source: Wiktionary


Maid"en*hood, n. Etym: [AS. mægdenhad. See Maid, and -hood.]

1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity. Shak.

2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state. The maidenhood Of thy fight. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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