Definitions for manhood
ˈmæn hʊdman·hood

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. manhoodnoun

   the state of being a man; manly qualities

2. humanness, humanity, manhoodnoun

   the quality of being human

   "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

3. manhoodnoun

   the status of being a man

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Manhoodnoun

   The genitalia of a male human.

2. Manhoodnoun

   The condition of being a human being.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. manhoodnoun

   The state of being man as a human being.

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

2. manhoodnoun

   State of being a man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

   A strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.

3. manhoodnoun

   The qualities ascribed to manliness; courage; bravery; resolve.

4. manhoodnoun

   The male genitalia.

   She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.

5. manhoodnoun

   Men, considered as a group.

6. Etymology: From manhode, also manhede, from man + -hede, equivalent to. Cognate with manheit, Mannheit. More at man, -head, -hood.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Manhoodnoun

   the state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman

2. Manhoodnoun

   manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution

3. Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]

Matched Categories

1. • Adulthood
   • Position
   • Quality

How to pronounce manhood?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say manhood in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of manhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of manhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of manhood in a Sentence

1. Henry David Thoreau:

   We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

2. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.

3. R. D. Hitchcock:

   Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust.

4. D. H. Lawrence:

   I believe a man is born first unto himself-for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

5. Alexandar Djelic:

   He told me I could inject my manhood with Vaseline and this would pump it up and make it much larger.

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