WIDOWHOOD


Meaning of WIDOWHOOD in English

/wid"oh hood'/ , n.

the state or a period of being a widow or, sometimes, a widower.

[ bef. 900; ME wid ( e ) wehood, OE widuwanhad, equiv. to widuwan, gen. sing. of widuwe WIDOW + -had -HOOD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .