widowerhood

English

Etymology

From widower +‎ -hood.

Noun

widowerhood (usually uncountable, plural widowerhoods)

  1. The state or period of being a widower.
    • 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter III, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth‎[1]:
      The poor General was in despair! To fall in love at fifty-five, and with such vehemence, is indeed a misfortune! And add to that his widowerhood, his children, his ruined property, his debts, and the woman with whom he had fallen in love! Though Mlle.

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