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goosehood en · NOUN

Etymology

From goose + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being a goose.
    • This may be, in fact, another reason why geese migrate north in summer: Under the long northern hours of daylight, they can spend more time feeding. And all the nutritional hardships of goosehood affect not just survival, but also procreation. 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana: