Onlyhood

noun

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

    "For artists their work objectifies their yearning for love, "thatched" as we all are "in a thicket of loneliness, huddled in onlyhood.""

Synonyms

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alonenessdistinctivenessisolationlonelinesslonenessonehead

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"For artists their work objectifies their yearning for love, "thatched" as we all are "in a thicket of loneliness, huddled in onlyhood.""

Etymology

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

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