Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of a widow; widowhood; widows collectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.
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- noun
widowhood - noun
widows generally
Etymologies
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See vidual.
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chained_bear commented on the word viduage
What an interesting word. OED:
The condition of widowhood, viduity; widows collectively.
Usages: 1832 LAMB Lett. xviii. (1865) 174 What can twenty votes do for one hundred and two widows? I cast my eyes hope~less among the viduage. 1894 Story of My Two Wives 67 One of the last acts of her viduage.
November 20, 2008