maidenhood
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/
maidenhood
- (uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:13.3?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter iij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:
- Thenne she said my lord sir launcelot I biseche yow see me as soone as ye may / for I haue obeyed me vnto the prophecy that my fader teld me / And by his commaūdement to fulfille this prophecy I haue gyuen the grettest rychesse and the fayrest floure that euer I had / and that is my maydenhode that I shalle neuer haue ageyne / and therfore gentyl knyȝt owe me youre good wille
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:13.3?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter iij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:
- A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
- Freshness; newness.
- French: virginité
- German: Jungfräulichkeit
- Portuguese: donzelice, donzelia
- Russian: деви́чество
- Russian: де́вственность
- Spanish: virginidad, doncellez
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