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 Word Forms

• pregirlhood noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of girlhood¹

First recorded in 1775–85; girl + -hood

Example Sentences

The four Ghostbusters, for instance, bring distinct skills and backgrounds to the table, while the witches in “The Craft” each embody a different archetype of teenage girlhood, from outcast to queen bee.

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Viewing all the bridal gowns inspires Seema to wonder aloud whether her wedding dreams are residual programming from her girlhood, or if she’s right to want to wear one of those dresses someday.

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This book jolted me back to my own millennial girlhood, as I grew up more or less during the time Gilbert describes.

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Time and again, her poems land on faith as the fuel to catapult us to a yonder she’s dreamed of exploring since her girlhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati.

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A voracious reader since girlhood, she was admitted early, before she finished high school.

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Related Words

• life 
• maturity 
• old age 
• youth