Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diaperhood

/ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-per-hood
IPA: /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the diaperhood of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music."
"...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from diaperhood."
"Of those teenagers who are insured and who continue to see a primary-care doctor, a vast majority remain with the pediatricians or family doctors who have cared for them since diaperhood."

Etymology

From diaper + -hood.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diaper

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/
British English: /ˈdaɪ.ə.pə.hʊd/

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce diaperhood?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/.
What does diaperhood mean?: The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
Where does diaperhood come from?: From diaper + -hood.

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