rare. [f. FOSTER sb.1 + -HOOD.] The condition of being fostered or nursed tenderly.
1834. Mrs. Gore, The Burgher of St. Gall, in Tait’s Mag., I. May, 242/2. Margaret would pat her compassionately on the shoulder in reply; and call her, smilingly, a poor, frail, helpless thing; and bid her not spoil the boy by over-fosterhood.
