Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spinsterhood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: spin-ster-hood
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being a spinster.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The time during which one is a spinster.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood"

Etymology

Etymology tree English spinster Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English spinsterhood From spinster + -hood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spinsterhoods (plural)

Questions

What does spinsterhood mean?: The condition of being a spinster.
Where does spinsterhood come from?: Etymology tree English spinster Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English spinsterhood From spinster + -hood.

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