matehoodn.
/ˈmeɪthʊd/, U.S. /ˈmeɪtˌ(h)ʊd/ The state or fact of being a mate (in various senses). Also: companionship, fellowship. Cf. mateship n. 3.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun]
friendshipOE
friendliheada1393
fellowshipa1400
friendsomenessa1400
study?c1400
friendlinessc1475
stomach1476
friendlihood1481
towardliness1566
friending1596
amicability1643
amicableness1646
amicality1836
palliness1904
mateyness1915
matehood1924
palsy-walsiness1942
1924 S. Stevenson Surplus xxiv. 298 To limit the fullest manifestation..to beings, between whom the physical tie of matehood or parenthood exists, is like declaring that electricity can only be generated by one particular kind of dynamo.
1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xiii. 68 His belief in the universal matehood of man.
1986 Act Feb. 4/1 Philip goes to visit Steve who makes overtures to him for renewed matehood.
1995 Times 17 June (Mag.) 4/4 Chance acquaintances are greeting each other with the nervous bray that's meant to suggest old matehood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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