Filmhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality, state, or condition of a film, especially in reference to its cinematic completion, achievement, accomplishment, or success. uncountable

    "Soon the Germans would see me on their screens and hear me barking. There was also plenty of work for me in Hollywood. The Food of the Gods was never to achieve filmhood, nor was the projected musical on Shakespeare's life called Will!"

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"Soon the Germans would see me on their screens and hear me barking. There was also plenty of work for me in Hollywood. The Food of the Gods was never to achieve filmhood, nor was the projected musical on Shakespeare's life called Will!"

Etymology

From film + -hood.

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