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Definition of Maidhood
1. Noun. The childhood of a girl.
Exact synonyms: Girlhood, Maidenhood
Generic synonyms: Childhood
Derivative terms: Girl, Girl, Maiden, Maid
Generic synonyms: Childhood
Derivative terms: Girl, Girl, Maiden, Maid
Definition of Maidhood
1. n. Maidenhood.
Definition of Maidhood
1. Noun. Maidenhood; virginity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maidhood
1. the state of being a maiden [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidhood
Literary usage of Maidhood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Offthoughts about Women and Other Things by Samuel Rockwell Reed (1888)
"Must the coming woman marry to take away the reproach of maidhood? ... But if
the coming woman is to have the same fear of keeping her maidhood, ..."
2. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"140. maidhood. This form occurs again, Othello, i. I. 173— " Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused? ..."
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