cradle-hood|ˈkreɪd(ə)lhʊd| [f. cradle n. + -hood.] The condition of a child in the cradle; babyhood, infancy. 1599Nashe Lenten StuffeWks. 1883–4 V. 212 All their transmutations from their Cradlehoode.Mod.From the stage of cradlehood to extreme old age.