misshoodn.
/ˈmɪshʊd/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌ(h)ʊd/ rare.
The state or period of being a young unmarried woman.
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1861 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip xvii, in Cornhill Mag. Aug. 137 When she used to read the Wild Irish Girl or the Scottish Chiefs in the days of her misshood.
1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 139 493 Pretty daughters..emerging from bread-and-butter-misshood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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