maidenhood

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/ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/ (UK)

Definition of maidenhood

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

“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”

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noun

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

“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”
(countable, metonymically)A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Freshness; newness.

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

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