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maidhood

noun

Etymology

From Middle English maidhod, maidhede, meithhad, from Old English mæġeþhād, corresponding to maid + -hood. Compare maidenhood.

  1. inherited from mæġeþhād
  2. inherited from maidhod

Definitions

  1. The state, condition, or quality of a maid

    The state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.

    • 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, she will be as subject to man as now, and equality laws will fail to make her equal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for maidhood. 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