maidenhood at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:

[N] (Celibacy): celibacy, singleness, bachelorhood, chastity, virginity, maidenhood, maidenhead, bachelor, spinster, maid, maiden, virgin.

Maidenhood at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Maidenhood \Maid"en*hood\, n. [AS. m[ae]gdenh[=a]d. See {Maid},
and {-hood}.]
1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity. --Shak.

2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

The maidenhood Of thy fight. --Shak.

maidenhood at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:

maidenhood
n : the childhood of a girl [syn: {girlhood}, {maidhood}]

maidenhood at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Etymology

From Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » maydenhode|lang=enm, Inter: term » meidenhod|lang=enm, Inter: term » maȝdenhad|lang=enm, from Inter: etyl » ang Inter: term » mægdenhad|mæġdenhād|maidenhood|lang=ang, corresponding to Inter: suffix » maiden|hood.

Pronunciation

* Inter: a » UK Inter: IPA » /ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/

Noun

Inter: en-noun » s|-

Inter: uncountabl » e The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.

1. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:
2. : I have gyven the the grettyst ryches and the fayryst floure that ever I had, and that is my maydynhode that I shall never have agayne – and therefore, jantyll knyght, owghe me youre good wyll.
3. The state of an unwed female; virginity.
4. Inter: countabl » e The maidenhead.
5. Freshness; newness.

   Synonyms

   * maidhood

   Translations

   Inter: trans-top » condition of being maiden

Breton: gwerc'hted

Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|maagdelijkheid

Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|neitsyys

French: Inter: t+ » fr|virginité

German: Jungfrauheid

Inter: trans-mi » d

• Latin: Inter: t- » la|virginitas|f|alt=virginitās
• Manx: Inter: t- » gv|moidynys|f
• Scottish Gaelic: òigheachd {{f}}, maighdeannas {{m}}
• Welsh: gwyryfdod {{m}}, morwyndod {{m}}

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » maidenhead

• Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|neitsyys, Inter: t- » fi|immenkalvo
• Manx: Inter: t- » gv|moidynys|f

Inter: trans-mi » d

Scottish Gaelic: maighdeannas {{m}}

Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|virginidad

Inter: trans-botto » m
Translation: io » maidenhood
Translation: ta » maidenhood
Translation: vi » maidenhood
Translation: zh » maidenhood

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