Meanings
- uncountableThe state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.
Must the coming woman marry to take away the reproach of maidhood? ... But if the coming woman is to have the same fear of keeping her maidhood, she will be as subject to man as now, and equality laws will fail to make her equal.
1888, Samuel Rockwell Reed, Offthoughts about Women and Other Things - Page 270
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishmæġeþhād
- Middle Englishmaidhod
- Englishmaidhood
From Middle English maidhod, maidhede, meithhad, from Old English mæġeþhād, corresponding to maid + -hood. Compare maidenhood.
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maidhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maidhood
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