(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:50

Maid"en*hood (?), n. [AS. maegdenhad. See Maid, and -hood.]

1.

The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

Shak.

2.

Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

The maidenhood Of thy fight. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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