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idleship

Today it means: The property or characteristic of being idle; idleness, worthlessness, vanity. Full definition →

Middle English ydelschipe

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Middle English · inherited fromydelschipe
English todayidleship

From Middle English ydelschipe, equivalent to idle + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.