Womanhead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of womanhood. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "Vnder that Porch a comely dame did rest, / Clad in faire weedes, but fowle disordered, / And garments loose, that seemd vnmeet for womanhed."

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femininityadulthoodadultnessage of consentdistaff sidedriving age

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"Vnder that Porch a comely dame did rest, / Clad in faire weedes, but fowle disordered, / And garments loose, that seemd vnmeet for womanhed."

Etymology

From Middle English wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -head.

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