Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A termination denoting
state ,condition ,quality ,character ,totality , as in manhood , childhood , knighthood , brotherhood . Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head .
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- suffix A
condition orstate of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun. - suffix A
group sharing a specified condition or state.
Etymologies
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From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.
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Examples
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The only other new CBS comedy, being paired with The Big Bang Theory on Thursday, is yet another self-conscious look at "real man"-hood a theme prevalent in several new ABC sitcoms this fall.
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