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onlyhood

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *onlihod, (attested only as onlyhede, onlihed, onlihede), equivalent to only + -hood.

  1. inherited from *onlihod✻

Definitions

  1. the condition of being unique, single, or alone

    • For artists their work objectifies their yearning for love, "thatched" as we all are "in a thicket of loneliness, huddled in onlyhood."
    • Despite the stereotype of an only child who is selfish, spoiled, and lonely, the positive effects of onlyhood may be stronger than the negative.
    • “But now lots of Zachary's friends are only children. The social stigma once attached to onlyhood is gone."

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