bairnhood

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noun

The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood

OriginScots bairnheid →
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nounbairnhood (uncountable)
  1. ScotlanduncountableThe quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood

    In my bairnhood I would often linger in the glens where they dwelt, to jeer at them.” “Truly, yours was a wild boyhood, Olvir. You have yet told me little of it.” “A merry bairnhood, though Otkar's was a heavy hand.”

    1905, Robert Ames Bennet, For the White Christ

Origin

  1. Scotsbairnheid
  2. Englishbairnhood

Borrowed from Scots bairnheid, equivalent to bairn + -hood.

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APA

bairnhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bairnhood

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“bairnhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bairnhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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