sillyhood

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noun

A caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth).

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Meanings

sillyhood1

nounsillyhood (plural sillyhoods)

plural sillyhoods

  1. UKobsoleteregionalA caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth).

sillyhood2

nounsillyhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountablesilliness

    But for the author who, though successful and publicly known as to his own name, still produces his works under his first fictitious disguise, no excuse can be urged. It is certainly no other fault , but that of sillyhood and trifling […]

    1823, The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review, numbers 190-241, page 475

Origin

From silly + -hood.

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APA

sillyhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyhood

MLA

“sillyhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sillyhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyhood.

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