evenhood
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English *evenhode, evenhede, equivalent to even + -hood.
Noun
[edit]evenhood (plural evenhoods)
- (rare, archaic or obsolete) Equality; equity; justice.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:evenhood.
References
[edit]- Compare: “†ˈevenhead, ˈevenhood” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
- Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, A new English dictionary on historical principles, †evenhead, evenhood.
- “evenhood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English
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Etymology
[edit]From the assumed Old English etymon *efenhād, from efen (“even”) + hād (“rank”) (the ultimate source of both -head and -hood; compare -hād).
Noun
[edit]evenhood
- (uncountable) Equality; equal dignity, rank, or standing.
- (countable) One of equal rank; an equal, a peer, an equivalent.
- (uncountable) Evenness...
- ...of treatment; impartiality, equity, fairness.
- ...of mind; mental balance or equilibrium.
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