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wordsmanship

wordsmanship noun: the art or skill of a wordsman; adroit use of language.

Noun

wordsmanship (uncountable)

  1. The art or skill of a wordsman; adroit use of language.

Origin of wordsmanship

From wordsman + -ship.

Questions about wordsmanship

What does wordsmanship mean?
Wordsmanship means the art or skill of a wordsman; adroit use of language.
What part of speech is wordsmanship?
Wordsmanship is a noun.

Words near wordsmanship in the dictionary

  1. wordship
  2. wordsize
  3. wordsizes
  4. Wordsley
  5. wordsman
  6. wordsmanship
  7. wordsmen
  8. wordsmith
  9. wordsmithed
  10. wordsmithery
  11. wordsmithing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wordsmanship (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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