griffinhood
English
Etymology
griffin + -hood
Noun
griffinhood (uncountable)
- (India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
- 1897, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes (volume 5, page 491)
- By this time I had mastered the rudiments of the language, and may be said to have emerged to a great extent from the period of griffinhood.
- 1897, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes (volume 5, page 491)