birthhood

noun

Etymology

From birth + -hood.

  1. derived from *bʰértis
  2. derived from *burdiz
  3. derived from burðr
  4. inherited from birthe
  5. suffixed as birthhood — “birth + hood

Definitions

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being born

    The state, quality, or condition of being born; nativity.

    • Conception, gestation and birthhood are the sublimest manifestations of the God-power among men!
    • Accept me on your laps And let me close your womb The fortune of your birthhood [...]
    • [...] its lights still burning with undiminished splendor; its altars still blazing with their sacred fires; its truth still pure as in the day of its birthhood; [...]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for birthhood. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA