manhood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the status of being a man

   He entered manhood with a strong sense of duty.

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of being human

   They feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

3. 3
   noun

   the state of being a man

   He entered manhood with a strong sense of duty.

4. 4
   noun

   The state or condition of being a human being.

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> obsolete English manhead), equivalent to man + -hood. Cognate with Middle Dutch manheit (“manhood”), Middle Low German manheit (whence German Low German Mannheit (“manhood”)), German Mannheit (“manhood”).

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