griffinhoodn.
/ˈɡrɪfɪnhʊd/ Anglo-Indian.
= griffinage n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > state of
inexperiencedness1725
griffinage1829
greenhornism1831
uninitiation1834
neophytism1845
griffinhood1854
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 135 I was not quite released from the swaddling bands of my griffin-hood.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 146 It is the ordinary early phase of griffinhood.
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