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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
  1. hooded
  2. hooded crow
  3. hooded seal
  4. hoodlum
  5. hoodoo
  6. hoodwink
  7. hooey
  8. hoof
  9. hoof-and-mouth disease
  10. hoofbeat