manhood
Origin of manhood
1Other words from manhood
- pre·man·hood, noun
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How to use manhood in a sentence
Antonio Michael Woodard nails Emmett as an energetic, smart-alecky, endearing youth, a child on the threshold of young manhood.
‘Ballad of Emmett Till’ recounts last two weeks of a life cut short | Patrick Folliard | November 10, 2022 | Washington BladeThus, Sam’s place with them is threatened more by his manhood than his transness.
Whatever code of manhood Ted was raised under said you just didn’t talk about that kind of loss, no matter how much it tore you up inside.
Was there a brief window where I relished it, where it proved something about the passage of teenager-hood to manhood?
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point | Tim Teeman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, one of the most fascinating aspects of the story is watching the male characters struggle with the meaning of manhood.
The War Inside: Terrorism & Teenhood in ‘No Dawn Without Darkness’ | Hugh Ryan | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At 16, when he was formally initiated into manhood, Mandela received yet another name: Dalibunga—“convenor of the Great Council.”
Yes, he is in fact saying that a woman seeing his manhood is like being blessed by the Holy Ghost.
R. Kelly’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Black Panties,’ Analyzed | Chancellor Agard | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently many posted images of themselves as well, as if the little girl would find their manhood irresistible.
Dutch NGO Stages Sting Of Pedophiles With Virtual Girl | Christopher Dickey | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI have dwelt on this as an illustration of how irrecoverably a man loses his manhood when he is made a God.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayShe made me a profound and graceful curtsey—feminine homage to my budding manhood.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowOf his private life during manhood we know very little, of his boyhood nothing.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickIn youth, manhood, and old age he loved his neighbour, and his faith in him remained unshaken.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyGrown to manhood, the son, aware of the fate in store for him, resolves to go ‘where there is not a drop of sea-water.’
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
British Dictionary definitions for manhood
/ (ˈmænhʊd) /
the state or quality of being a man or being manly
men collectively
archaic the state of being human
informal, jocular a euphemism for a man's genitalia
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