different between worthiness vs manship

English

Alternative forms

• worthynesse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English worthynesse, equivalent to worthy +? -ness.

Noun

worthiness (countable and uncountable, plural worthinesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of having value or merit.
2. (countable) The result or product of having value or merit.
3. (uncountable) The state or quality of being qualified or eligible.
4. (countable) The result or product of being qualified or eligible.

Anagrams

• shire towns

English

Etymology

From Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), from Old English manscipe (“humanity, courtesy”), equivalent to man +? -ship. Cognate with Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn??p/

Noun

manship (uncountable)

1. The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
   • 1845, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood, p. 161:

     Every man is a man if he chooses to be, and has in himself all that he needs in order to be a man in the full significance of the term; and therefore no one has any occasion to borrow a part of his manship from his brother.

   • 1902, Lebbeus Harding Rogers, The Kite Trust (a Romance of Wealth), p. 324:

     He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship, any more than his sister had of her womanhood.

   • 2003, Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban Crisis of Teenage Childbearing, p. 200:

     They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship.

   • 2007, Kevin P. Novak, Adam Versus Adam, p. 69:

     The manship of Jesus was hid from the eyes of men as completely as the Godship.

2. (archaic) position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness
3. (archaic) honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy
4. (archaic) manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
5. (archaic) human condition

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:manship.

Related terms

• manshiply

Anagrams

• Shipman, shimpan, shipman