riverhood

English

Etymology

From 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^[sic] the aggrieved river's rights be adequate?

Anagrams

• Hood River