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Definition of Spinsterhood
1. Noun. The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman).
Definition of Spinsterhood
1. Noun. The condition of being a spinster. ¹
2. Noun. The time during which one is a spinster. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spinsterhood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinsterhood
Literary usage of Spinsterhood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old England: Her Story Mirrored in Her Scenes by Walter Shaw Sparrow (1908)
"spinsterhood was easier, and Grace went back happily to her old simple work in
the lighthouse. Steamers carne filled with heroine-worshippers; ..."
2. The Human Machine: An Inquiry Into the Diversity of Human Faculty in Its by John Ferguson Nisbet (1899)
"... CHAPTER VII The Cleavage of Sex—Intellectual Differences between Men and
Women—Woman's Place in Society—Learned spinsterhood—' Cherchez la ..."
3. The Spinster Book by Myrtle Reed (1905)
"... are wont to make what Uncle Remus called "a great miration," when a woman
deliberately chooses spinsterhood as her lot in life, rather than marriage. ..."
4. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony: Including Public Addresses, Her Own by Ida Husted Harper (1908)
"The example of Victoria the Good did more to make England relatively decent than
all the writings and lectures of the united, strong- minded spinsterhood of ..."
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