SPINSTERHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("spinsterhood" is a kind of...):

marital status (the condition of being married or unmarried)

Derivation:

spinster (an elderly unmarried woman)

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