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great-grandparenthood

great-grandparenthood noun: the state of being a great-grandparent.

Noun

great-grandparenthood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a great-grandparent.
    • He and Segismunda enjoy happiness and prosperity and eventually take delight in great-grandparenthood.1968, Otis Howard Green, Spain and the Western tradition: The Castilian Mind in Literature from El Cid to Calderón, page 202
    • Indeed, great-grandparenthood can be said to occupy much the same niche today as grandparenthood did a century ago: not all that common and little understood.2000, Ruth Karola Westheimer, Dr. Steven Kaplan, Grandparenthood, page 46

Origin of great-grandparenthood

From great-grandparent + -hood.

Questions about great-grandparenthood

What does great-grandparenthood mean?
Great-grandparenthood means the state of being a great-grandparent.
What part of speech is great-grandparenthood?
Great-grandparenthood is a noun.

Words near great-grandparenthood in the dictionary

  1. great-grandnephews
  2. great-grandniece
  3. great-grandnieces
  4. great-grandpa
  5. great-grandparent
  6. great-grandparenthood
  7. great-grandparents
  8. great-grandpas
  9. great-grands
  10. great-grandson
  11. great-grandsons

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