Hood

  • 31-hood — [hud] suffix [in nouns] [: Old English; Origin: had] 1.) used to refer to a period of time or a state ▪ during his childhood (=when he was a child) ▪ parenthood (=the state of being a parent) 2.) the people who belong to a particular group ▪ the… …

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  • 32-hood — [ hud ] suffix used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular state, or period in someone s life: childhood (=the period when you are a child) fatherhood (=the state of being a father) …

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  • 33-hood — suffix meaning state or condition of being, from O.E. had condition, position, cognate with Ger. heit, Du. heid, all from P.Gmc. *haidus manner, quality, lit. bright appearance, from PIE (s)kai bright, shining. Originally a free standing word… …

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  • 34hood — / hoodlum [n] gangster criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker; concept 545 …

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  • 35-hood — ► SUFFIX forming nouns: 1) denoting a condition or quality: womanhood. 2) denoting a collection or group: brotherhood. ORIGIN Old English, originally a noun meaning «person, condition, quality» …

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  • 36hood|ie — «HUD ee», noun a hooded sweatshirt …

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  • 37hood — adult·hood; an·gel·hood; apos·tle·hood; ba·by·hood; boy·hood; broth·er·hood; bud·dha·hood; bur·gher·hood; calf·hood; child·hood; christ·hood; cous·in·hood; der·vish·hood; doc·tor·hood; do·min·ion·hood; ego·hood; false·hood; fa·ther·hood;… …

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  • 38Hood — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Hood », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Hood peut désigner : Sommaire …

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  • 39'hood — noun (slang) a neighborhood • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 40hood — {{11}}hood (n.1) covering, O.E. hod hood, from P.Gmc. *hodaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. hod hood, M.Du. hoet, Du. hoed hat, O.H.G. huot helmet, hat, Ger. Hut hat, O.Fris. hode …

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