Definitions for manhood

manhood man·hood

Spelling: [man-hoo d]
IPA: /ˈmæn hʊd/

Manhood is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in manhood (adhmnoo).

Definitions for manhood

noun

  1. the state or time of being a man or adult male person; male maturity.
  2. traditional manly qualities.
  3. maleness, as distinguished from femaleness.
  4. virility; potency.
  5. male genitalia.
  6. men collectively.
  7. the state of being human.

Origin of manhood

Middle English word dating back to 1200-50; See origin at man1, -hood

Examples for manhood

Apparently many posted images of themselves as well, as if the little girl would find their manhood irresistible.

At 16, when he was formally initiated into manhood, Mandela received yet another name: Dalibunga—“convenor of the Great Council.”

Indeed, one of the most fascinating aspects of the story is watching the male characters struggle with the meaning of manhood.

You were changing from boyhood into manhood, and you were changing without any authority over you.

Yes, he is in fact saying that a woman seeing his manhood is like being blessed by the Holy Ghost.

So Claus grew to manhood, increasing each day in knowledge and in wisdom.

He has the soul of a merchant tailor, actually, but not the tailor's manhood.

Was it an instinct, she wondered—a reminder that there was in them material for manhood?

Being taken for a man, brought him back his manhood for a moment.

Was there a brief window where I relished it, where it proved something about the passage of teenager-hood to manhood?

Word Value for manhood
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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