-hoodsuff.1. a. Condition; state; quality: manhood.b. An instance of a specified state or quality: falsehood.2. A group sharing a specified state or quality: sisterhood.[Middle English -hed, -hode, from Old English *-h?du, -h?d.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-hood suffix forming nouns 1. indicating state or condition of being: manhood; adulthood. 2. indicating a body of persons: knighthood; priesthood. [Old English -h?d]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014hood1 (h?d) n., v. hood?ed, hood?ing. n. 1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, etc. 2. something resembling this, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals. 3. the hinged movable part of an automobile body covering the engine. 4. a metal canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc. 5. a cover for the entire head of a falcon, used when the bird is not pursuing game. 6. an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist’s robe, etc. 7. a hoodlike crest, band of color or fold of skin on the head of certain birds and animals. v.t. 8. to furnish with a hood. 9. to cover with or as if with a hood. [before 900; Middle English hode, Old English h?d, c. Old Frisian h?d, Middle Dutch hoet, Old High German huot] hood2 (h?d, hud) n. Slang. a hoodlum. [1925?30; by shortening] ‘hood (h?d) n. Slang. a neighborhood, esp. one in the inner city (usu. prec. by the). [1965?70; by shortening] Hood (h?d) n. 1. John Bell, 1831?79, Confederate general. 2. Raymond Mathewson, 1881?1934, U.S. architect. 3. Robin, Robin Hood. 4. Thomas, 1799?1845, English poet and humorist. 5. Mount, a volcanic peak in N Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 11,253 ft. (3430 m). -hood a noun suffix denoting condition, character, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class: childhood; priesthood. [Middle English -hode, -hod, Old English -h?d, as independent n.: condition, quality, rank; c. Old Saxon h?d, Old High German heit state, Old Norse heithr honor, Gothic haidus manner] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.