riverhood
nounEtymology From river + -hood.
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The quality or state of being a river.
- The dull mound now cuts off the sportive infancy of the Stour from its sorely-tasked term of useful riverhood.1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People:
- 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.1999, Keekok Lee, The Natural and the Artefactual, page 171:
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- 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?2022, Brunilda Pali, Miranda Forsyth, Felicity Tepper, The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice, page 121: