Wifehood

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈwʌɪfhÊŠd/

Alternative forms

• wivehood

Origin

From wife + -hood.

Full definition of wifehood

Noun

1. The quality or state of being a wife.
2. The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.5:That girdle gave the vertue of chast love,
  And wivehood true, to all that did it beare ….

Related terms

• motherhood