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ladhood

ladhood noun: the state or condition of being a lad.

Noun

ladhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being a lad
    • For all the novel's examination of the more negative aspects of male bonding, however, James Campbell detects more commonly an assertion of the New Lad image which has spawned so many men's magazines, television programmes and cultural forums from the 1990s onwards: 'Glue has an epic scale; it...2005, Aaron Kelly, Irvine Welsh, page 188
    • Like a father he raised me from ladhood,
      And pleasant his presence made all.2010, Hillel Halkin, Yehuda Halevi, page 333

Origin of ladhood

From lad + -hood.

Questions about ladhood

What does ladhood mean?
Ladhood means the state or condition of being a lad.
What part of speech is ladhood?
Ladhood is a noun.

Words near ladhood in the dictionary

  1. ladettish
  2. ladettishness
  3. ladettism
  4. Ladewig
  5. Ladewigs
  6. ladhood
  7. ladie
  8. ladied
  9. ladies
  10. ladies and gentlemen
  11. ladies and gents

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