Meanings
nounspinsterhood (countable and uncountable, plural spinsterhoods)
plural spinsterhoods
- countableuncountableThe condition of being a spinster.
sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 387 - countableuncountableThe time during which one is a spinster.
Origin
- Englishspinster
- Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
- Proto-Germanic*haiduz
- Englishspinsterhood
Translations
Finnish vanhapiikuus
- vanhapiikuuscondition of a spinster
Italian zitelaggio, nubilato
- zitelaggiocondition of a spinster
- nubilatocondition of a spinster
Polish staropanieństwo
- staropanieństwocondition of a spinster
Punjabi ਕੁਆਰਪਣ
- ਕੁਆਰਪਣ (kuārapaṇ)condition of a spinster
Spanish solteronería
- solteroneríacondition of a spinster
Cite this entry
APA
spinsterhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinsterhood
MLA
“spinsterhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinsterhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinsterhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinsterhood.
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