sexhoodn.
/ˈsɛkshʊd/, U.S. /ˈsɛksˌ(h)ʊd/ The quality or condition of belonging to one or other sex; status or identity in terms of sex; (also) the state of being sexually active or mature.
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sexc1475
sexuality1797
sexhood1866
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 79 For seven long years to a changed sexhood bound.
1869 H. Bushnell Women's Suffrage vii. 62 Their sexhood qualities of variation.
1891 Advance (Chicago) 5 Mar. To lift women from mere sexhood up toward glorious womanhood.
1959 C. M. Harsh & H. G. Schrickel Personality (ed. 2) i. viii. 196 We shall be concerned with the development of mature sexhood and the preparing for marriage as basic problems during this time.
1999 M. Lally It's not Nostalgia 191 Haunted by Catholic guilt And dreams of sainthood and sex—or Sexhood and saint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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