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riverhood

riverhood noun: the quality or state of being a river.

Noun

riverhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being a river.
    • The dull mound now cuts off the sportive infancy of the Stour from its sorely-tasked term of useful riverhood.1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People
    • Suppose we say that the wild, raging torrent captures the 'true spirit' of riverhood, that it is the 'real' thing while the sluggish version is a degenerate.1999, Keekok Lee, The Natural and the Artefactual, page 171

Origin of riverhood

From river + -hood.

Questions about riverhood

What does riverhood mean?
Riverhood means the quality or state of being a river.
What part of speech is riverhood?
Riverhood is a noun.

Words near riverhood in the dictionary

  1. riverful
  2. rivergoing
  3. riverhead
  4. riverheads
  5. riverhemp
  6. riverhood
  7. riverian
  8. Riverians
  9. Riverina
  10. Riverina bluebell
  11. Riverina bluebells

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