-hood
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.
-hood
suff.
1.
a. Condition; state; quality: manhood.
b. An instance of a specified state or quality: falsehood.
2. A group sharing a specified state or quality: sisterhood.
[Middle English -hed, -hode, from Old English *-hǣdu, -hād.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
-hood
suffix forming nouns
1. indicating state or condition of being: manhood; adulthood.
2. indicating a body of persons: knighthood; priesthood.
[Old English -hād]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
hood1
(hʊd)n., v. hood•ed, hood•ing. n.
1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, etc.
2. something resembling this, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals.
3. the hinged movable part of an automobile body covering the engine.
4. a metal canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc.
5. a cover for the entire head of a falcon, used when the bird is not pursuing game.
6. an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist's robe, etc.
7. a hoodlike crest, band of color or fold of skin on the head of certain birds and animals.
v.t. 8. to furnish with a hood.
9. to cover with or as if with a hood.
[before 900; Middle English hode, Old English hōd, c. Old Frisian hōd, Middle Dutch hoet, Old High German huot]
hood2
(hʊd, hud)n. Slang.
a hoodlum.
[1925–30; by shortening]
'hood
(hʊd)n. Slang.
a neighborhood, esp. one in the inner city (usu. prec. by the).
[1965–70; by shortening]
Hood
(hʊd)n.
1. John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general.
2. Raymond Mathewson, 1881–1934, U.S. architect.
3. Robin, Robin Hood.
4. Thomas, 1799–1845, English poet and humorist.
5. Mount, a volcanic peak in N Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 11,253 ft. (3430 m).
-hood
a noun suffix denoting condition, character, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class: childhood; priesthood.
[Middle English -hode, -hod, Old English -hād, as independent n.: condition, quality, rank; c. Old Saxon hēd, Old High German heit state, Old Norse heithr honor, Gothic haidus manner]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.