cipherhood

English

Etymology

cipher +‎ -hood

Noun

cipherhood (uncountable)

1. nothingness
   • a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The Work of the Holy Ghost in Our Salvation:

     Therefore God , to confute him , and to bring him to his native cypherhood, threateneth to bring a sword against him and all his glory

References

“cipherhood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.