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-hood

Pronunciation: /hʊd/

Definition of -hood

suffix

forming nouns:

1denoting a condition or quality:falsehood womanhood

2denoting a collection or group:brotherhood

Origin:

Old English -hād, originally an independent noun meaning 'person, condition, quality'

-hood in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of -hood in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

hoo-ha
hooch ¹
hooch ²
Hooch, Pieter de
hoochie
-hood
hood ¹
hood ²
hood ³
hood mould
Hood, Mount

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hood¹ Br. Eng
hood² Br. Eng
hood (also 'hood)³ Br. Eng
'hood in hood (also 'hood)³ Br. Eng
Hood, Mount Br. Eng
Hood, Thomas Br. Eng

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