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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024maid•en•hood (mād′n hŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. - the state or time of being a maiden or virgin. Also called maidhood.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mægdenhād. See maiden, -hood
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: maidenhood /ˈmeɪdənˌhʊd/ n - the time during which a woman is a maiden or a virgin
- the condition of being a maiden or virgin
maid•en /ˈmeɪdən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a girl or young unmarried woman;
maid.
adj. [before a noun] - of, relating to, or befitting a maiden.
- unmarried:a maiden aunt.
- virgin.
- first:a maiden flight.
maid•en•hood, n. [uncountable] maid•en•ly, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024maid•en (mād′n),USA pronunciation n. - a girl or young unmarried woman;
maid. - a horse that has never won a race.
- a race open only to maiden horses.
- an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
- Sport[Cricket.]See maiden over.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or befitting a girl or unmarried woman.
- (of a woman) unmarried:my maiden aunt.
- made, tried, appearing, etc., for the first time:a maiden flight.
- virgin.
- (of a horse) never having won a race or a prize.
- (of a prize or a race) offered for or open only to maiden horses.
- untried, as a knight, soldier, or weapon.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English mægden, equivalent. to mægd, mæg(e)th (cognate with German Magd, Gothic magaths) + -en -en5
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