Hood Definition

ho͝od
hoods
noun
hoods
A covering for the head and neck and, sometimes, the face, worn separately or as part of a robe, cloak, or jacket.
A monk's cowl is a hood.
Webster's New World
An ornamental draping of cloth hung from the shoulders of an academic or ecclesiastical robe.
American Heritage
Anything resembling a hood in shape or use.
Webster's New World
A sack placed over the head of a falcon to keep it quiet.
American Heritage
A bird's crest.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To cover or provide with or as with a hood.
Webster's New World
suffix
Condition; state; quality.
Manhood.
American Heritage
An instance of a specified state or quality.
Falsehood.
American Heritage
A group sharing a specified state or quality.
Sisterhood.
American Heritage

A condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun.

Child - childhood.
Wiktionary
affix
State, quality, condition.
Childhood.
Webster's New World
The whole group of (a specified class, profession, etc.)
Priesthood.
Webster's New World
adjective
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hood

Noun

Singular:
hood
Plural:
hoods

Origin of Hood

  • Middle English, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Hut), from Sarmato-Scythian *xauda (“hat”) (compare Avestan [script?] (xaoda), Old Persian [script?] (xaudā)), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). More at hat.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.

    From Wiktionary

  • ME -had, -hod < OE had, order, condition, quality, rank, akin to Ger -heit < IE *(s)kāit-, bright, gleaming: basic sense “appearance by which known”

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Middle English -hed, -hode from Old English -hǣdu, -hād

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • African American Vernacular English short for neighborhood

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English hod from Old English hōd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for hoodlum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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