spinsterhood
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Spinsterhood — Infobox comics organization name=The Spinsterhood imagesize= caption= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Silver Surfer Vol. 3, #80 (May 1993) creators= type=Warrior order business= organisation= organization=y base=Underground temple on an unnamed… … Wikipedia
spinsterhood — spinster ► NOUN chiefly derogatory ▪ an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage. DERIVATIVES spinsterhood noun spinsterish adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «woman who spins» … English terms dictionary
spinsterhood — noun see spinster … New Collegiate Dictionary
spinsterhood — noun a) The condition of being a spinster. b) The time during which one is a spinster. See Also: spinster … Wiktionary
spinsterhood — Synonyms and related words: bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, continence, maidenhead, maidenhood, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism, single blessedness, single state, singleness, unwed state, virgin state,… … Moby Thesaurus
spinsterhood — spin·ster·hood || spaɪnstÉ™(r)hÊŠd n. state of being an unmarried woman, state of being an old maid; unmarried women collectively … English contemporary dictionary
spinsterhood — spin·ster·hood … English syllables
spinsterhood — Noho male ole … English-Hawaiian dictionary
spinsterhood — noun the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) • Derivationally related forms: ↑spinster • Hypernyms: ↑marital status … Useful english dictionary
spinster — spinsterhood, n. spinsterish, adj. spinsterishly, adv. spinsterlike, adj. /spin steuhr/, n. 1. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying. 2. Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married. 3. a woman whose occupation is spinning. [1325 … Universalium
