Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maidenhood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maidenhood
n : the childhood of a girl [syn: {girlhood}, {maidhood}]
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