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nurtureship

nurtureship noun: nurturing; upbringing.

Noun

nurtureship (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Nurturing; upbringing.
    • By fairies, you have undergone a nurtureship perverse; […]

Origin of nurtureship

nurture + -ship

Questions about nurtureship

What does nurtureship mean?
Nurtureship means nurturing; upbringing.
What part of speech is nurtureship?
Nurtureship is a noun.

Words near nurtureship in the dictionary

  1. nurturement
  2. nurturements
  3. nurturer
  4. nurturers
  5. nurtures
  6. nurtureship
  7. nurturest
  8. nurtureth
  9. nurturing
  10. nurturist
  11. nurturists

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