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-hood (ho̵od)

  1. state, quality, condition childhood
  2. the whole group of (a specified class, profession, etc.) priesthood

Etymology: ME -had, -hod < OE had, order, condition, quality, rank, akin to Ger -heit < IE *(s)kāit-, bright, gleaming: basic sense “appearance by which known”

Browse dictionary entries near -hood

  1. ‹ hood
  2. ‹ hoochie-coochie
  3. ‹ hooch
  4. ‹ hoo-ha
  5. ‹ Honshu
  6. ‹ honour
  7. ‹ honors of war
  8. ‹ honors
  9. ‹ honoris causa
  10. ‹ honorific
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