ˈsinglehood
[f. single a. + -hood.]
The state of being single or unmarried; spinsterhood.
| 1840 Lady C. Bury Hist. of Flirt xx, My mother..would not see me the last day of my singlehood. 1881 A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 166 Betty was satisfied with her singlehood so long as [etc.]. |