Definition of Ladyhood

1. n. The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.

Definition of Ladyhood

1. Noun. the quality or state of being a lady or ladylike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ladyhood

1. the state of being a lady [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladyhood

ladycows
ladye
ladyes
ladyfied
ladyfies
ladyfinger
ladyfingers
ladyfish
ladyfishes
ladyflies
ladyfly
ladyfriend
ladyfriends
ladyfy
ladyfying
ladyhood (current term)
ladyhoods
ladyish
ladyism
ladyisms
ladykiller
ladykillers
ladykilling
ladykin
ladykins
ladylike
ladylikeness
ladylove
ladyloves
ladypalm

Literary usage of Ladyhood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Salt-box House: Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill Town by Jane de Forest Shelton (1901)
"... XXIV YOUNG ladyhood STRATFORD village, the home of maternal grandparents and numberless kindred, could add much to the gayety ..."

2. Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society, Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home by Clara Jessup Moore (1878)
"At its highest, ladyhood implies a spirituality made manifest in poetic grace. ... Here we have the test of true ladyhood. Were tomes upon tomes written ..."

3. Our Deportment, Or, The Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined by John H. Young (1879)
"Calvert says: "ladyhood is an emanation from the heart ... He continues: " Of the higher type of ladyhood may always be said what Steele said of Lady ..."

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