beauship

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noun

The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.

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Meanings

nounbeauship (uncountable)
  1. datedhumorousuncountableThe state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.

    1696, John Dryden, Epilogue to The Husband His Own Cuckold You laugh not, gallants, as by proof appears, At what his beauship says, but what he wears

    1 more example

    Do you recollect how I danced his beauship into the ditch? Ah! we were mad fellows then

    1836, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Paul Clifford in The works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, esq. in two volumes, Volume 1

Origin

From beau + -ship.

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APA

beauship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauship

MLA

“beauship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauship. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beauship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauship.

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