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goodyship

English

Etymology

goody +? -ship

Noun

goodyship (uncountable)

  1. (dated, humorous) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife.
    • 1663-78, Samuel Butler, Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Clark, P. Anderson, & A. Brown, 1784. Part I, Canto 3, lines 517–518. [1]
      The more shame for her goodyship, / To give so near a friend the slip.

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goodship

English

Etymology

From Middle English goodschipe, from Old English g?dscipe (kindness), equivalent to good +? -ship.

Noun

goodship

  1. (obsolete) Favour; grace; kindness.

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