sillyhood

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sillyhood (plural sillyhoods)

1. (UK, regional, obsolete) A caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth).

Etymology 2

From silly +‎ -hood.

Noun

sillyhood (uncountable)

1. silliness
   • 1823, The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review, numbers 190-241, page 475:

     But for the author who, though successful and publicly known as to his own name, still produces his works under his first fictitious disguise, no excuse can be urged. It is certainly no other fault , but that of sillyhood and trifling […]