babehood

Babyhood.

Noun

  1. Babyhood.
    • There was grave doubt whether her fragile bud of babehood would resist the cold chill of that wintry world into which it had been prematurely ushered - 1882, Maria Wilkin, The Shackles of an Old Love
  2. The quality of being a babe (attractive woman)

    informal

    • Despite the whole Yummy Mummy trend, I think a lot of women still put their babehood — the flamboyant, sexy, out-in-the-world side of themselves—under wraps when they get married and have kids and move to the suburbs. - 2010, Pamela Redmond, Babes in Captivity

Origin

From babe + -hood.