spinsterhood
noun
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noun
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.
- The condition of being a spinster.
“sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood”
- The time during which one is a spinster.