goodyship
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]goodyship (uncountable)
- (dated, humorous, rare) 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.
- 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]
References
[edit]- “goodyship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.