maidhoodn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪdhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪdhʊd/

Forms: see maid n.¹ and -hood suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maid n.¹, -hood suffix.

Etymology: < maid n.¹ + -hood suffix. Compare maidhead n., and earlier maidenhood n.Old English and early Middle English had the compound mægþhad , with a different first element (see maiden n. and adj.):OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 31 May 111 Heo on mægðhade hire lif geendade.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2497 Baþe leddenn i maȝȝþhad All þeȝȝre lif till ende.c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 6 Ich habbe a deore ȝimstan, & ich hit habbe iȝeue þe, mi meiðhad i mene.

Now rare.

= maidenhood n. Cf. old-maidhood n.

ΘΚΠ

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

maidenhoodOE

maidhooda1200

flowera1300

maidenheada1325

maidheada1393

virginitya1400

virgintyc1400

virginality?c1450

maidenliness1555

virginhead1605

virginhood1636

virgin1649

vestalship1893

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively

youngeOE

youthc897

maidhooda1200

youngth1484

youthhead1562

frya1577

younkery1594

Jack and Jill1621

jeunesse1673

youthhood1690

juvenility1823

jeunesse dorée1828

flaming youth1923

yoof1986

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

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 21 Ne hire maidhod ne was awemned.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 206 (MED) Here maydehood defowled sheo noȝt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 148 By maid-hood, honor, truth, and euery thing, I loue thee so.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. i. 174 Is there not Charmes, By which the propertie of Youth, and Maidhood [1622 manhood] May be abus'd?

1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville II. xvii. 209 As by a matron the airs and graces of maidehood would be relinquished.

1887 A. T. de Vere Legends & Rec. Church & Empire 762 Bid those sisters in their choir To place me grown to maid-hood.

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

单词	maidhood
释义	maidhoodn. Brit. /ˈmeɪdhʊd/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdhʊd/ Forms: see maid n.¹ and -hood suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maid n.¹, -hood suffix. Etymology: < maid n.¹ + -hood suffix. Compare maidhead n., and earlier maidenhood n.Old English and early Middle English had the compound mægþhad , with a different first element (see maiden n. and adj.):OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 31 May 111 Heo on mægðhade hire lif geendade.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2497 Baþe leddenn i maȝȝþhad All þeȝȝre lif till ende.c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 6 Ich habbe a deore ȝimstan, & ich hit habbe iȝeue þe, mi meiðhad i mene. Now rare. = maidenhood n. Cf. old-maidhood n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] maidenhoodOE maidhooda1200 flowera1300 maidenheada1325 maidheada1393 virginitya1400 virgintyc1400 virginality?c1450 maidenliness1555 virginhead1605 virginhood1636 virgin1649 vestalship1893 the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively youngeOE youthc897 maidhooda1200 youngth1484 youthhead1562 frya1577 younkery1594 Jack and Jill1621 jeunesse1673 youthhood1690 juvenility1823 jeunesse dorée1828 flaming youth1923 yoof1986 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 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 21 Ne hire maidhod ne was awemned. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 206 (MED) Here maydehood defowled sheo noȝt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 148 By maid-hood, honor, truth, and euery thing, I loue thee so. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. i. 174 Is there not Charmes, By which the propertie of Youth, and Maidhood [1622 manhood] May be abus'd? 1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville II. xvii. 209 As by a matron the airs and graces of maidehood would be relinquished. 1887 A. T. de Vere Legends & Rec. Church & Empire 762 Bid those sisters in their choir To place me grown to maid-hood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1200
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