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widowerhood

widowerhood noun: the state or period of being a widower.

Noun

widowerhood (usually uncountable, plural widowerhoods)

  1. (usually) The state or period of being a widower.
    • The poor General was in despair! To fall in love at fifty-five, and with such vehemence, is indeed a misfortune! And add to that his widowerhood, his children, his ruined property, his debts, and the woman with whom he had fallen in love! Though Mlle.1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter III, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/III)

Forms of widowerhood

pluralwidowerhoods

Origin of widowerhood

From widower + -hood.

Questions about widowerhood

What does widowerhood mean?
Widowerhood means the state or period of being a widower.
What part of speech is widowerhood?
Widowerhood is a noun.
What is the plural of widowerhood?
The plural of widowerhood is widowerhoods.

Words near widowerhood in the dictionary

  1. widowbirds
  2. widowdom
  3. widowed
  4. widower
  5. widowered
  6. widowerhood
  7. widowerhoods
  8. widowers
  9. widowership
  10. widowerships
  11. widowery

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