Maidenhood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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              The maidenhood
              Of thy fight.                         --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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