evenhood

English

Alternative forms

• evenhead
• evenhede (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to even +‎ -hood.

Noun

evenhood (plural evenhoods)

1. (rare, archaic or obsolete) Equality; equity; justice.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:evenhood.

References

• Compare: “†ˈevenhead, ˈevenhood” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd 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.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• evenhead, euenhead
• evenhed, euenhed
• evenhede, euenhede

• evenhode, euenhode
• evynhede, evyn-hede
• evynhoode

Etymology

From the assumed Old English etymon *efenhād, from efen (“even”) + hād (“rank”) (the ultimate source of both -head and -hood; compare -hād).

Noun

evenhood

1. (uncountable) Equality; equal dignity, rank, or standing.
2. (countable) One of equal rank; an equal, a peer, an equivalent.
3. (uncountable) Evenness...
   1. ...of treatment; impartiality, equity, fairness.
   2. ...of mind; mental balance or equilibrium.