Definitions for manhood
ˈmæn hʊdman·hood

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

1. manhood(noun)

   the state of being a man; manly qualities

2. humanness, humanity, manhood(noun)

   the quality of being human

   "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

3. manhood(noun)

   the status of being a man

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Manhood(n.)

   The genitalia of a male human.

   Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]

2. Manhood(n.)

   The condition of being a human being.

   Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]

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1. manhood(Noun)

   The state of being man as a human being.

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

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

2. manhood(Noun)

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

   A strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.

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

3. manhood(Noun)

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

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

4. manhood(Noun)

   The male genitalia.

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

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

5. manhood(Noun)

   Men, considered as a group.

   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. Manhood(noun)

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

   Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]

2. Manhood(noun)

   manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution

   Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]

How to pronounce manhood?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Frank H. Crane:

   Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Alexandar Djelic:

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

5. John Greenleaf Whittier:

   Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.

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