ghostshipn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊs(t)ʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊs(t)ˌʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < ghost n. + -ship suffix.

Now rare.

1. With possessive adjective, as in his ghostship, your ghostship: a mock title of respect for a ghost.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title

sir1362

Mas'1575

gallantship1579

elderberriness1589

excelsitude1599

bellyship1600

rascalship1605

madamship1620

muttonship1632

merchantshipa1640

minxshipa1640

prerogativeship1645

fairship1647

mayorship1648

his tallness1656

curship1663

goodyship1663

Mamamouchi1672

lowness1687

ghostship?1689

lairdship1715

grandship1747

supremacy1766

honourableship1767

beautyship1772

gravityship1772

titularity1777

lordship1800

ethereality1806

elegancy1819

king1823

accidency1830

transparency1844

?1689 Murder will Out (single sheet) Your Ghostship takes a Liberty which your Lordship would have forbore.

1826 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 20 107 I became somewhat too much hand-in-glove with his ghostship.

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 307 Neither Kate nor her father or mother had even seen the spectre, although such near neighbours to his ghostship.

2019 South Coast Reg. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 30 Oct. After keeping the Williams' family in a terrified state for some time, his ghostship departed.

†2. The quality or condition of being a ghost. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > state of being

ghostliness1657

ghostism1782

ghostship1796

ghosthood1842

ghostdom1846

spectrality1850

ghostiness1874

spectralness1892

life-in-death1901

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > personality or title of

phantomship1713

ghostship1796

1796 M. G. Lewis Monk II. iv. 25 On that night the porter always leaves the gates of the castle open, out of respect to the apparition..and to prevent her from making her exit in a way so derogatory to the dignity of her ghostship.

1855 C. M. Yonge Lances of Lynwood (1864) viii. 117 You believed in our ghostship as fully as any of them.

1891 Daily News 10 Aug. 4/7 First the worship of the ancestral ghost, simply as a ghost; next the development of his ghostship into godship.

1927 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 12 120 Any one whom he tricks into speaking with him automatically goes one step along on his own road to ghostship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghostship
释义	ghostshipn.¹ Brit. /ˈɡəʊs(t)ʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t)ˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < ghost n. + -ship suffix. Now rare. 1. With possessive adjective, as in his ghostship, your ghostship: a mock title of respect for a ghost. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title sir1362 Mas'1575 gallantship1579 elderberriness1589 excelsitude1599 bellyship1600 rascalship1605 madamship1620 muttonship1632 merchantshipa1640 minxshipa1640 prerogativeship1645 fairship1647 mayorship1648 his tallness1656 curship1663 goodyship1663 Mamamouchi1672 lowness1687 ghostship?1689 lairdship1715 grandship1747 supremacy1766 honourableship1767 beautyship1772 gravityship1772 titularity1777 lordship1800 ethereality1806 elegancy1819 king1823 accidency1830 transparency1844 ?1689 Murder will Out (single sheet) Your Ghostship takes a Liberty which your Lordship would have forbore. 1826 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 20 107 I became somewhat too much hand-in-glove with his ghostship. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 307 Neither Kate nor her father or mother had even seen the spectre, although such near neighbours to his ghostship. 2019 South Coast Reg. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 30 Oct. After keeping the Williams' family in a terrified state for some time, his ghostship departed. †2. The quality or condition of being a ghost. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > state of being ghostliness1657 ghostism1782 ghostship1796 ghosthood1842 ghostdom1846 spectrality1850 ghostiness1874 spectralness1892 life-in-death1901 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > personality or title of phantomship1713 ghostship1796 1796 M. G. Lewis Monk II. iv. 25 On that night the porter always leaves the gates of the castle open, out of respect to the apparition..and to prevent her from making her exit in a way so derogatory to the dignity of her ghostship. 1855 C. M. Yonge Lances of Lynwood (1864) viii. 117 You believed in our ghostship as fully as any of them. 1891 Daily News 10 Aug. 4/7 First the worship of the ancestral ghost, simply as a ghost; next the development of his ghostship into godship. 1927 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 12 120 Any one whom he tricks into speaking with him automatically goes one step along on his own road to ghostship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?1689
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ghostshipn.¹