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penship

penship noun: synonym of penmanship.

Noun

penship (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of penmanship.
    • Brachygraphie, Poſt-Writt. OR, THE ART OF Short-writing. Where moſt Letters conſiſt of ſingle ſtroakes or motions of the Pen, in beſt formes of Penſhip.1622, William Folkingham, Brachygraphie, Post-Writt. Or, The Art of Short-writing. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Snodham, title page
    • Is Mistress Tripe the Butcher’s lady dead? / Out flames a paragraph of pretty penship; / “Resign’d and pious tears in plenty shed, / “By all that had the honour of her friendship. // “She left three children to lament her fate, / “And worthy Mister Tripe to join their grief:” […]1806, P[eter] Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “Elegy”, in Tristia; or, The Sorrows of Peter. Elegies to the King, Lords Grenville, Petty, Erskine, the Bishop of London, Messrs. Fox, Sheridan, &c....
    Synonyms:
    penmanship

Synonyms of penship

Origin of penship

From pen + -ship.

Questions about penship

What does penship mean?
Penship means synonym of penmanship.
What part of speech is penship?
Penship is a noun.

Words near penship in the dictionary

  1. penserosos
  2. Penses
  3. Pensford
  4. pensful
  5. Penshaw
  6. penship
  7. Penshurst
  8. pensil
  9. pensile
  10. pensileness
  11. pensility

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