Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freehood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: free-hood
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being free; freedom.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent.""
"Freedom is not Freitum, but Freiheit, literally freehood."
""Stop him once, George, he shouldn't swallow!" Leonid, supine, had decided to wave one arm and sing as he expired. "Releasedom! Freehood! Death to Selfity!""
"A more proper term would be 'freehood', as something attained in a manner not dissimilar to the principle of a required development to achieve knighthood."

Etymology

From free + -hood. Probably modelled after German Freiheit (“freedom”), Dutch vrijheid (“freedom”). More at freedom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: free

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

freehoods (plural)

Questions

What does freehood mean?: The state or condition of being free; freedom.
Where does freehood come from?: From free + -hood. Probably modelled after German Freiheit (“freedom”), Dutch vrijheid (“freedom”). More at freedom.

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