womanhead

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A form of womanhood — The state or condition of being a woman.

OriginMiddle English wommanhede →
First used 14th–19th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounwomanhead (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of womanhood.First known use 14th–19th c.

    Vnder that Porch a comely dame did rest, / Clad in faire weedes, but fowle disordered, / And garments loose, that seemd vnmeet for womanhed.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwommanhede
  2. Englishwomanhead

From Middle English wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -head.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“womanhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanhead. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanhead,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanhead.

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