griffinhood

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noun

The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.

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Meanings

noungriffinhood (uncountable)
  1. IndiadateduncountableThe status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.

    By this time I had mastered the rudiments of the language, and may be said to have emerged to a great extent from the period of griffinhood.

    1897, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 5, page 491

Origin

From griffin + -hood.

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Chicago

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