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beautyship

beautyship noun: a term of address for a beautiful woman.

Noun

beautyship (plural beautyships)

  1. (archaic, humorous) A term of address for a beautiful woman.
    • I offered apologies to her beautyship, but she grew furious; and the fiery spots on her face became red-hot with the caloric of anger […]1849, M. R. C. S, Confessions of a Hypochondriac, page 94
    • But if your beautyship would condescend / To teach us what true melody might be, / There's not a creature present but would lend / His ears to listen for a century.1889, Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, page 416

Forms of beautyship

pluralbeautyships

Origin of beautyship

From beauty + -ship.

Questions about beautyship

What does beautyship mean?
Beautyship means a term of address for a beautiful woman.
What part of speech is beautyship?
Beautyship is a noun.
What is the plural of beautyship?
The plural of beautyship is beautyships.

Words near beautyship in the dictionary

  1. beautyless
  2. beautylessness
  3. beautyness
  4. beautypreneur
  5. beautypreneurs
  6. beautyship
  7. beautyships
  8. Beauvais
  9. Beauval
  10. beauvercin
  11. beauvericin

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