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Maidenhood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The condition or time of being a maiden.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. The state of an unwed female; virginity.

n. The maidenhead.

n. Freshness; newness.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

n. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being a maid or maiden; the state of an unmarried female; virginity.

n. Freshness; newness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the childhood of a girl

Word Usage

"If the negotiations go off smoothly, the marriage contract is written, presents are exchanged between the engaged couple, through their respective parents, and all that is left the girl of her maidenhood is a period of busy preparation for the wedding."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

childhood

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

virginity newness freshness maidhood

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

girlhood womanhood bachelorhood virginity wifehood