fleshhood

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English

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Etymology

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From flesh +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fleshhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published 1857, →OCLC:
      Thou who hast, Thyself,
      Endured this fleshhood, knowing how, as a soaked
      And sucking vesture, it would drag us down
      And choke us in the melancholy deep,
      Sustain me, that, with Thee, I walk these waves []