stepmotherhood
English
editEtymology
editstepmother + -hood
Noun
editstepmotherhood (uncountable)
- The state of being a stepmother.
- 2007 June 3, Anne Mendelson, “Ladies Who Read”, in New York Times[1]:
- Lissy, who never makes it through any of the assigned books, nonetheless wrestles with Angela’s claims about art as life lesson and ends up with a stronger lease on marriage and stepmotherhood as well as miraculous recompense for a never-healed childhood loss.