Maidenhood

//ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl. uncountable

    "Thenne she said my lord sir launcelot I biseche yow see me as soone as ye may / for I haue obeyed me vnto the prophecy that my fader teld me / And by his commaūdement to fulfille this prophecy I haue gyuen the grettest rychesse and the fayrest floure that euer I had / and that is my maydenhode that I shalle neuer haue ageyne / and therfore gentyl knyȝt owe me youre good wille"

  2. 2
    the childhood of a girl wordnet
  3. 3
    A woman's virginity or maidenhead. countable, metonymically
  4. 4
    Freshness; newness. broadly, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English maydenhede, maydenhode, from Old English mæġdenhād (“maidenhood”). By surface analysis, maiden + -hood.

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