maidhood
Young woman's innocence
Maidhood is the state or time of being a maiden—an unmarried young woman or virgin.
The word is archaic or literary, appearing mainly in older texts or deliberately old-fashioned contexts: She spent her maidhood in her father's house.
Compare maidenhood, which carries the same meaning but remains slightly more current.
Female youth period
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- juvenilityState of being young
greenness · coming-of-age · maturation · debutante · lass · damsel · colleen · signorina
Abstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
modesty · intactness · unconsummated · undefiled · vestal · immaculate · unsullied · defloration
Innocent lack of experience
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
- ingenuousnessInnocent frankness, without cunning
freshness · artlessness · trustfulness · childlikeness · sincerity · sheltered · unspoiled · unaffected
girlhood
Female youth period
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
juvenility · greenness · coming-of-age · maturation · debutante · lass · damsel · colleen · signorina · spinster
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
virtue · modesty · intactness · unconsummated · undefiled · vestal · immaculate · unsullied · defloration · hymen
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
ingenuousness · freshness · artlessness · trustfulness · childlikeness · sincerity · sheltered · unspoiled · unaffected · demureness
domestic service
Paid household labor
- liveryIdentifying uniform or colors
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- householdDomestic unit of residents
mistress · downstairs · apron · cap · uniform · waiting · attending · domestic
maidhoodwifehood
Status as spouse
matrimony · wedlock · married life · marriage · widowhood
maidhoodwomanhood
Adult female state
sexual maturity · defloration · carnal knowledge · experience · loss of innocence
maid, maiden, maids, housemaid, bridesmaid, maidenly, milkmaid, chambermaid, maidenhood