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maidenhoods

maidenhoods is the plural of maidenhood.

Meaning of maidenhood

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.

Questions about maidenhoods

What is maidenhoods the plural of?
Maidenhoods is the plural of maidenhood.

Words near maidenhoods in the dictionary

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

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