Wifehood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwʌɪfhʊd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wifehood is a noun meaning The quality or state of being a wife.
Meaning
The quality or state of being a wife.
More Meanings
- The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.
Example Sentences
That girdle gave the vertue of chast love, / And wivehood true, to all that did it beare […].
During the week they spent at Windsor all their necessary furniture was sent in; the more ornamental articles it was decided to leave to the choice of the fair mistress, and, as she had no visits to pay or receive, the occupation it gave Louisa saved her from any mortification she might have felt on sinking at once into the state of happy wifehood.
Word Forms
- wifehoods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include housewifeliness, weddedness, husbandliness, womanhood, marriedness, widowhood.
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