Cradlehood
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 infancy
"In this Yarmouth as Maſter Camden ſaith, there were ſeauentie inhabitants, or houſholders, that payed ſcot and lot in the time of Edward the Confeſſor, but a Chronographycal Latine table, which they haue hanging vp in their Guild hall, of all their tranſmutations from their Cradlehoode, infringeth this a little, and flatters her, ſhee is a great deale yonger, […]"
Example
More examples"In this Yarmouth as Maſter Camden ſaith, there were ſeauentie inhabitants, or houſholders, that payed ſcot and lot in the time of Edward the Confeſſor, but a Chronographycal Latine table, which they haue hanging vp in their Guild hall, of all their tranſmutations from their Cradlehoode, infringeth this a little, and flatters her, ſhee is a great deale yonger, […]"
Etymology
From cradle + -hood.