cubhoodn.
/ˈkʌbhʊd/, U.S. /ˈkəbˌhʊd/ The state or condition of a cub or young animal. Also transferred and figurative.
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cubhood1842
1842 Mrs. Gore in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 569 An appetite that rarely extends beyond the first fortnight of escape from cubhood to ensignhood.
1860 A. Wynter Curiosities of Civilisation 95 They [a mastiff and two lions] were brought up together from cubhood.
1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) xi. 243 The shaping of the earth from the nebulous cubhood of its youth..to its present form.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- looseleaf
- looseleaved
- looselegged
- looselet
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- looseliest
- looselimbed
- looselipped
- looselived
- looseliving
- looselocked
- loosely
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- loosely-fitting
- loosely-knit
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