girlhood

[ gurl-hood ]

noun

1. the state or time of being a girl.
2. girls collectively:

   the nation's girlhood.

girlhood

/ ˈɡɜːlˌhʊd /

noun

1. the state or time of being a girl

Other Words From

• pre·girlhood noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of girlhood¹

First recorded in 1775–85; girl + -hood

Example Sentences

The tough African-French girls living in the projects in Girlhood have been abused and pushed out of the system.

From The Daily Beast

The original French title, Bande de Filles (girl gang) was translated to Girlhood in order to appeal more to American audiences.

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She is the author of Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood (Ticknor Fields, 1989).

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Frieda spent her girlhood in the embrace of her extended family, living a few blocks from both sets of grandparents.

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I do love that photo: I just think it captures girlhood perfectly.

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He had seen Mildred creep from babyhood into childhood, and bud from girlhood to womanhood.

From Project Gutenberg

Every detail of the accident is repeated again and again, with many incidents of Amy's girlhood.

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Daphne's "simplicity," the pose of her girlhood, was in fact breaking down in all directions.

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He almost shrank from her, though she stood there as inviting and innocent a specimen of girlhood as the eye could wish to see.

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The one great unhappiness in Queen Wilhelmina's girlhood was that she wanted children and was deprived of having them.

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Related Words

• life
• maturity
• old age
• youth