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Definition of
-hood suffix
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
-hood
suffix
suffix
NAmE
/
/
hʊd
/
/
(
in nouns
)
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1
the state or quality of
childhood
falsehood
2
a group of people of the type mentioned
the priesthood
See
-hood
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hood
noun
hoodlum
noun
Robin Hood
noun
Nearby words
honour
hooch
noun
-hood
suffix
hood
noun
hooded
adjective