manhood
manhood Lexical Profile
manhood Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or period of being a fully grown adult male rather than a boy.
"The traditional ceremony marked the young initiates' transition from adolescence into manhood."
Qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, virility, and fortitude.
"In the epic poem, the hero's manhood is tested through a series of grueling trials."
A man's external reproductive organs, especially the penis (used as a euphemism).
"He instinctively covered his manhood with his hands as he stepped out of the cold lake."
The adult male population of a country, community, or group considered collectively.
"The prolonged conflict depleted much of the nation's young manhood."
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English manhod, formed from Old English mann ('human being, male person') and the suffix -hād ('state, condition, or rank').