| a native English suffix denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class, formerly used in the formation of nouns: childhood; likelihood; knighthood; priesthood. |
] Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| -hood
suff.
[Middle English -hed, -hode, from Old English *-hǣdu, -hād.] |
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Hood River, OR (city, FIPS 34900) Location: 45.70984 N, 121.52193 W
Population (1990): 4632 (2272 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97031
Hood County, TX (county, FIPS 221) Location: 32.43395 N, 97.83455 W
Population (1990): 28981 (14958 housing units)
Area: 1092.0 sq km (land), 39.3 sq km (water)
Mount Hood Parkd, OR Zip code(s): 97041
Hood River County, OR (county, FIPS 27) Location: 45.52262 N, 121.63972 W
Population (1990): 16903 (7569 housing units)
Area: 1353.0 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)
Mount Hood Village, OR (CDP, FIPS 50235) Location: 45.35554 N, 121.97948 W
Population (1990): 2234 (1345 housing units)
Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Fort Hood, TX (CDP, FIPS 26736) Location: 31.13379 N, 97.77413 W
Population (1990): 35580 (5618 housing units)
Area: 39.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76544
-hood
-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217. Cf. -head.] A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
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