wifehood

[ wahyf-hood ]

/ ˈwaɪf hʊd /

the state of being a wife.

wifely character or quality; wifeliness.

Origin of wifehood

1350–1400; Middle English wifhood,Old English wīfhād.See wife, -hood

Wieschaus, Wiesel, Wiesenthal, wife, wifebeater, wifehood, wifelike, wifely, wife swapping, wifey, Wi-Fi

At such moments she decided God had designed her to be only a daughter, and wifehood had no alluring charms, no rosy glamour.
A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson
The eldest early assumed the burdens of wifehood and maternity.
Fairy Fingers|Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Shall these women, it is asked, be denied motherhood as well as wifehood?
The Family and it's Members|Anna Garlin Spencer
What standard of womanhood and wifehood remained to such men?
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith

Involuntarily she slipped from her left hand the symbol of her wifehood.
A Changed Man and Other Tales|Thomas Hardy

单词	wifehood
释义	wifehood [ wahyf-hood ] / ˈwaɪf hʊd / noun the state of being a wife. wifely character or quality; wifeliness. Origin of wifehood 1350–1400; Middle English wifhood,Old English wīfhād.See wife, -hood Words nearby wifehood Wieschaus, Wiesel, Wiesenthal, wife, wifebeater, wifehood, wifelike, wifely, wife swapping, wifey, Wi-Fi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wifehood At such moments she decided God had designed her to be only a daughter, and wifehood had no alluring charms, no rosy glamour. A Speckled Bird\|Augusta J. Evans Wilson The eldest early assumed the burdens of wifehood and maternity. Fairy Fingers\|Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie Shall these women, it is asked, be denied motherhood as well as wifehood? The Family and it's Members\|Anna Garlin Spencer What standard of womanhood and wifehood remained to such men? The Art of Disappearing\|John Talbot Smith Involuntarily she slipped from her left hand the symbol of her wifehood. A Changed Man and Other Tales\|Thomas Hardy
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