maidhood

[Eng. maid; -hood.] Virginity; an unmarried state. *māid-lý, *mayd-ly, a. [English maid; -ly.] Maid like, effeminate. †maid-mär-I-an, s. [Eng. maid , and marian .] 1. Originally the Queen of the May; afterward a buffoon. 2. The name of a dance. "A set of morrice-dancers danced a maid mar i an with a tabor and pipe."- Temple .