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diaperhood

UK/ˈdaɪ.ə.pə.hʊd/US/ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/

diaperhood noun: the period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.

Noun

diaperhood (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
    • ... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the diaperhood of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music.1930, Isaac Goldberg, Tin Pan Alley
    • ...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from diaperhood.1992, John Voelker, Trout Magic

Origin of diaperhood

From diaper + -hood.

Questions about diaperhood

What does diaperhood mean?
Diaperhood means the period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
What part of speech is diaperhood?
Diaperhood is a noun.
How do you pronounce diaperhood?
Diaperhood is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/ (US).

Words near diaperhood in the dictionary

  1. diapergasms
  2. diapergirl
  3. diapergirls
  4. diaperhead
  5. diaperheads
  6. diaperhood
  7. diaperhump
  8. diaperhumped
  9. diaperhumping
  10. diaperhumps
  11. diaperies

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