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affability
English
Etymology
affable +? -ity
Noun
affability (countable and uncountable, plural affabilities)
- The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
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brotherhood
English
Etymology
From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother +? -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English br?þorr?den (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +? -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
- Hyphenation: broth?er?hood
Noun
brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)
- The state of being brothers or a brother.
- An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
- People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas
- a brotherhood of venerable trees
- 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas
Synonyms
- fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren
Hypernyms
- (state): siblinghood
Translations
See also
- sisterhood
Further reading
- brotherhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- brotherhood in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- brotherhood at OneLook Dictionary Search
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