Maidhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the childhood of a girl wordnet

Synonyms

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girlhoodgirlhoodmaidenheadmaidenheadmaidenhoodvirginity

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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old maidhood

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