maidenhoodn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪdnˌhʊd/

Forms: see maiden n. and adj. and -hood suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maiden n., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < maiden n. + -hood suffix.

The state or condition of being a maiden or young girl; the time of life during which one is a maiden; (rare) maidens collectively. Also: = maidenhead n.¹

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun]

maidenhoodOE

maidhooda1200

flowera1300

maidenheada1325

maidheada1393

virginitya1400

virgintyc1400

virginality?c1450

maidenliness1555

virginhead1605

virginhood1636

virgin1649

vestalship1893

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > young unmarried woman > time when one is

maidenhoodOE

pucelagec1525

maidhooda1616

OE Crist III 1419 Þa ic sylf gestag, maga in modor, þeah wæs hyre mægdenhad æghwæs onwalg.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4624 Forr maȝȝdenn had. & widdwess had. & weddlac birrþ ben clene.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 55 Þat hie ne behiet hire maidenhad æure mo to healden.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 24 Heo leas hire meidenhod [c1230 Corpus Cambr. meidenhad], & was imaked hore.

c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Laud) 137 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 380 For ȝe habbez ȝeot ouwer Maidenhod.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke ii. 36 [She] hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene ȝeer fro hir maydynhode.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxix. 150 For Maydenhod is In this maner trewly, that felte neuere man fleschly,..but virginite is An heighere thing.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 678 The Lord of the ground sall have the maidenhood of all maidenis..dwelland on the ground.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 39 The Greeke Church, which neuer liked of the maidenlesse maidenhood of their Priests.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vi. 17 The irefull Bastard Orleance, that drew blood From thee my Boy, and had the Maidenhood Of thy first fight, I soone encountred.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 83 No maidenhood was undeflowred, nor marriage bed unviolated.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. i. 3 Mrs. Grizzle..was now in the thirtieth year of her maidenhood.

1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 40 In loveless maidenhood outworn.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 226 There is..a very pleasant atmosphere of maidenhood about her.

1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. xix. 216 I love Isis in its maidenhood, before it matronises into Thames.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iv. 140 Her beauty had a robustness..uncommon in the somewhat facile loveliness of our western maidenhood.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxxii. 368 Her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.

1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room vi. 125 The flower of her maidenhood was still unplucked.

1982 T. A. Shippey Road to Middle-Earth iii. 45 ‘Lady Isabel’ in the Scottish ballad saves her maidenhood and her life from the treacherous elf-knight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maidenhood
释义	maidenhoodn. Brit. /ˈmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdnˌhʊd/ Forms: see maiden n. and adj. and -hood suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maiden n., -hood suffix. Etymology: < maiden n. + -hood suffix. The state or condition of being a maiden or young girl; the time of life during which one is a maiden; (rare) maidens collectively. Also: = maidenhead n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] maidenhoodOE maidhooda1200 flowera1300 maidenheada1325 maidheada1393 virginitya1400 virgintyc1400 virginality?c1450 maidenliness1555 virginhead1605 virginhood1636 virgin1649 vestalship1893 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > young unmarried woman > time when one is maidenhoodOE pucelagec1525 maidhooda1616 OE Crist III 1419 Þa ic sylf gestag, maga in modor, þeah wæs hyre mægdenhad æghwæs onwalg. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4624 Forr maȝȝdenn had. & widdwess had. & weddlac birrþ ben clene. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 55 Þat hie ne behiet hire maidenhad æure mo to healden. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 24 Heo leas hire meidenhod [c1230 Corpus Cambr. meidenhad], & was imaked hore. c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Laud) 137 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 380 For ȝe habbez ȝeot ouwer Maidenhod. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke ii. 36 [She] hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene ȝeer fro hir maydynhode. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxix. 150 For Maydenhod is In this maner trewly, that felte neuere man fleschly,..but virginite is An heighere thing. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 678 The Lord of the ground sall have the maidenhood of all maidenis..dwelland on the ground. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 39 The Greeke Church, which neuer liked of the maidenlesse maidenhood of their Priests. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vi. 17 The irefull Bastard Orleance, that drew blood From thee my Boy, and had the Maidenhood Of thy first fight, I soone encountred. View more context for this quotation 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 83 No maidenhood was undeflowred, nor marriage bed unviolated. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. i. 3 Mrs. Grizzle..was now in the thirtieth year of her maidenhood. 1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 40 In loveless maidenhood outworn. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 226 There is..a very pleasant atmosphere of maidenhood about her. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. xix. 216 I love Isis in its maidenhood, before it matronises into Thames. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iv. 140 Her beauty had a robustness..uncommon in the somewhat facile loveliness of our western maidenhood. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxxii. 368 Her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room vi. 125 The flower of her maidenhood was still unplucked. 1982 T. A. Shippey Road to Middle-Earth iii. 45 ‘Lady Isabel’ in the Scottish ballad saves her maidenhood and her life from the treacherous elf-knight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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