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maidenhood

/ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/

maidenhood noun: the condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.

Noun

maidenhood (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhoods)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
    • Thenne she said my lord sir launcelot I biseche yow see me as soone as ye may / for I haue obeyed me vnto the prophecy that my fader teld me / And by his commaūdement to fulfille this prophecy I haue gyuen the grettest rychesse and the fayrest floure that euer I had / and that is my maydenhode that...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI
  2. (countable, metonymically) A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
  3. (broadly) Freshness; newness.

maidenhood meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

maidenhood in Tamil

கன்னித்தன்மை

maidenhood in Urdu

maidenhood, virginity
مہر mohar

maidenhood in Telugu

condition of being maiden
కన్నెరికము kannerikamu

Synonyms of maidenhood

Forms of maidenhood

pluralmaidenhoods

Origin of maidenhood

From Middle English maydenhede, maydenhode, from Old English mæġdenhād (“maidenhood”). By surface analysis, maiden + -hood.

Questions about maidenhood

What does maidenhood mean?
Maidenhood means the condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
What is maidenhood in Tamil?
Maidenhood in Tamil is கன்னித்தன்மை. See Maidenhood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maidenhood?
Maidenhood is a noun.
How do you pronounce maidenhood?
Maidenhood is pronounced /ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of maidenhood?
The plural of maidenhood is maidenhoods.

Words near maidenhood in the dictionary

  1. maidenhair vines
  2. maidenhairs
  3. maidenhairtree
  4. maidenhead
  5. maidenheads
  6. maidenhood
  7. maidenhoods
  8. maidenish
  9. maidenless
  10. maidenlike
  11. maidenliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maidenhood (page history and authors); maidenhood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مہر (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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