riverhood

English

Etymology

river +‎ -hood

Noun

riverhood (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being a river.
   • 1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People:

     The dull mound now cuts off the sportive infancy of the Stour from its sorely-tasked term of useful riverhood.

   • 1999, Keekok Lee, The Natural and the Artefactual, page 171:

     Suppose we say that the wild, raging torrent captures the 'true spirit' of riverhood, that it is the 'real' thing while the sluggish version is a degenerate.

   • 2022, Brunilda Pali, Miranda Forsyth, Felicity Tepper, The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice, page 121:

     Would it be appropriate to define harm to the river's riverhood in monetary terms as we do, rather misguidedly on our own personhood? Would monetary compensation paid to adress the aggrieved river's rights be adequate?

Anagrams

• Hood River