girldom

English

Etymology

From girl +‎ -dom.

Noun

girldom (uncountable)

1. The condition of being a girl; girlhood.
   • 2000, Noelle Howey, Ellen Jean Samuels, Out of the Ordinary:

     […] I embodied the sugar-and-spice nursery-rhyme image of girldom. I had the long golden Heidi braids, a toy chest overflowing with Mattel paraphernalia […]

2. The world or sphere of girls.
   • 1871, Thomas Meehan, editor, Gardener's monthly and horticulturist:

     If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man.