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loverhood

loverhood noun: the state or quality of being a lover.

Noun

loverhood (uncountable)

  1. the state or quality of being a lover
    • In the last chapter I tried to deal with the actual problem created in this country by the disproportion of the sexes--the fact that there are, roughly, one and three-quarters to two million more women than men in this country; and I was obliged to confine myself simply to stating the problem...1918-1920, A. Maude Royden, Sex And Common-Sense

Origin of loverhood

From lover + -hood.

Questions about loverhood

What does loverhood mean?
Loverhood means the state or quality of being a lover.
What part of speech is loverhood?
Loverhood is a noun.

Words near loverhood in the dictionary

  1. lovered
  2. loveress
  3. loveresses
  4. lovergirl
  5. lovergirls
  6. loverhood
  7. Loveridge
  8. Loveridges
  9. lovering
  10. loveringite
  11. Loverings

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