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griffinhood

griffinhood noun: the status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.

Noun

griffinhood (uncountable)

  1. (India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
    • By this time I had mastered the rudiments of the language, and may be said to have emerged to a great extent from the period of griffinhood.1897, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 5, page 491

Origin of griffinhood

From griffin + -hood.

Questions about griffinhood

What does griffinhood mean?
Griffinhood means the status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
What part of speech is griffinhood?
Griffinhood is a noun.

Words near griffinhood in the dictionary

  1. griffinesses
  2. griffinflies
  3. griffinfly
  4. Griffing
  5. Griffings
  6. griffinhood
  7. griffinish
  8. griffinism
  9. griffins
  10. griffish
  11. Griffith

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