Meanings
plural beautyships
- archaichumorousA term of address for a beautiful woman.
I offered apologies to her beautyship, but she grew furious; and the fiery spots on her face became red-hot with the caloric of anger […]
1849, M. R. C. S, Confessions of a Hypochondriac, page 941 more example
But if your beautyship would condescend / To teach us what true melody might be, / There's not a creature present but would lend / His ears to listen for a century.
1889, Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, page 416
Origin
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