ladyshipn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪdɪʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdiˌʃɪp/

Forms: see lady n. and -ship suffix; also Middle English–1700s ladiship, 1600s–1700s laship (colloquial), 1600s– la'ship (colloquial, now archaic).

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

Etymology: < lady n. + -ship suffix, after lordship n.

1. The state or condition of being a lady; the rank, status, or authority of a lady. Also as a count noun: the rank or title of ‘Lady’ (cf. lady n. 3). Also figurative.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady > having rank of lady

ladyshipc1225

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 52 (MED) Ha..schal..trukien for a mon of lam þe heouenliche lauerd & lutlin hire leafdischipe [a1250 Titus lafdischipe].

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 80 Ȝef þu hauest for ȝeten nu þin wurðfule leafdischipe [a1250 Nero lefdischipe], ga & foleȝe þeose geat.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 577 More haf I of ioye & blysse here-inne, Of ladyschyp gret & lyuez blom.

c1450 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 100 (MED) My wille of þe flesh haue ladiship, Reson of my wille haue lordship.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 53 Ne trawes not tru lady þat I take wolde Thy ladyship to losse ne in lust holde.

1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iii. iii. sig. F4 How doo'st thou like Thy Ladiship Zanthia?

1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment ii. i. 30 If I should lose this Lordship by Fooling, my Wife would be plaguy angry. A Ladyship, you know is a pretty Bawble, enough for her to play with.

1715 D. Ryder Diary 13 June (1939) (modernized text) 34 My lady herself is a woman of a great deal of polite breeding and endeavours to keep up the dignity of her ladyship by an appearing reservedness.

1771 H. Lawrence Contempl. Man II. ii. viii. 152 This Lady did not enjoy her Title long—she died in the fifth Year of her Ladyship.

1850 Littell's Living Age 18 Jan. 143 Miss Laura,and still more her mamma, would dearly like to have a ladyship among their valuable properties.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 301 What facility and plenteousness of knighthood, lordship, ladyship, royalty, loyalty.

1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. iv. 44 He hated the countess-ship of the Countess, and the ladyship of the Lady Anna.

1942 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 85 306 All the garments of Ladyship she arranged about her body.

1973 Mod. Philol. 73 83 The institution of marriage is being undermined by an appeal to false ‘fashion’ and a false concept of ‘Ladyship’.

1990 Representations No. 29. 16 The masculine and military order..is subverted from within by the regimen of women..the elaborate displays of deference to the ‘ladyship’ and wifely authority of Lady Warrenton.

a. Chiefly with possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a lady. Also figurative.Now chiefly sarcastic except when applied to a person whose rank or office is indicated by the title ‘Lady’ (see lady n. 3).

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

my ladyOE

ladyOE

damea1225

ladyshipa1393

madam1543

ladydom?1553

gentlewoman1566

young ladyship1702

milady1778

Sitt1838

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 1730 (MED) Ther scholde me non ydelschipe Departen fro hir ladischipe.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3715 I leue it to ȝour ladyschip þis lange noȝt vnknawen.

c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite l. 191 His newe lady..drof hym forth, unnethe liste hir knowe That he was servaunt unto her ladishippe.

1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne Ded. sig. Aii I thought it my duty to Dedicate the same vnto youre Ladishyppes name.

1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 368/2 Yet I would pray Your ladiship..That I might know..What that these knights be in rich armour.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 45 Thou Fortunes Champion, that do'st neuer fight But when her humourous Ladiship is by To teach thee safety.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 106 If it please your Ladiships, you may see the end.

1650 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 174 Lord Jermyn in a jeering manner, as her ladyshipp conceaved, told her he hoped now shortly Sir Edward Herbert would returne to Paris.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 26 O Mem, your Laship staid to peruse a Pecquet of Letters.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 37. ¶1 I waited upon her Ladyship pretty early in the Morning.

1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 303 At last, truly, I wanted the other Title as much as I did that of Ladyship before.

1826 Lancet 1 July 423/1 The medical press of Dublin is a lady... Her ladyship has few established favourites in the city.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) II. 34 Her ladyship is in a huff.

1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons 294 They tossed for a go of turps and a hayband—I ask your ladyship's pardon, that means a glass of gin and a cigar.

1923 ‘R. Crompton’ William Again iv. 87 Her ladyship has had her boxes sent upstairs.

1966 Times 3 Nov. 17/1 The Court also allowed a cross-appeal by the wife against her Ladyship's judgement.

1970 N. Streatfeild Thursday's Child x. 114 People never refused to see Lady Corkberry so Mr Windle sent back a note to say he would be delighted to receive her ladyship.

2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 152 I'll be damned if, on top of everything else, I'm going to beg Your Ladyship to sign off on me so I can be..allowed to roam the streets.

†b. = lady n. 1d. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend

lief971

ladya1393

ladyshipa1393

speciala1400

amiec1400

womanc1400

amoreta1425

mistressc1425

paramoura1450

fair ladya1470

girl?a1513

sooterkin1530

Tib1533

she1547

lady-love1568

jug1569

young lady1584

pigeon1592

love-lass1594

lass1596

dowsabel1612

swainling1615

lucky1629

Dulcinea1638

Lindabrides1640

inamorata1651

baby1684

best girl1691

lady friend1733

young woman1822

moll1823

querida1834

sheila1839

bint1855

tart1864

babykins1870

Dona1874

novia1874

fancy-girl1892

girlfriend1892

cliner1895

tootsy1895

dinah1898

best1904

twist and twirl1905

jane1906

kitten1908

patootie1918

meisie1919

bride1924

gf1925

jelly1931

sort1933

a bit (also piece) of homework1945

beast1946

queen1955

momma1964

mi'jita1970

her indoors1979

girlf1991

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 5208 Mi Sone, of that unkindeschipe, The which toward thi ladischipe Thou pleignest, for sche woll thee noght, Thou art to blamen of that thoght.

c. A woman who is addressed as ‘Your Ladyship’; esp. a female member of the nobility (cf. lady n. 3a).

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady

ladyc1225

duchess1393

dame1530

Dona1622

Donna1670

grande dame1775

ladyship1785

señora1818

milady1824

prima donna1834

senhora1841

seigneuress1888

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 386 Constant at routs, familiar with a round Of ladyships, a stranger to the poor.

1813 E. S. Barrett Cherubina (ed. 2) III. 17 Ladyship! a rummish sort of a tit for a Ladyship! And there is my Lord, I suppose. And t'other is the Marquis.

1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage I. ix. 125 She happened to have set her heart upon uniting him with a ladyship—the daughter of Lord Rotherham.

1940 E. von Arnim Mr Skeffington (1994) vi. 152 A ladyship, too. Muriel knew no ladyships, but had a firm faith in the virtue of the female aristocracy.

2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) 2 The interior is lived-in and has daft but endearing touches like the amateurish bird murals in our room painted by some ladyship.

†3. Kindness or benevolence characteristic of or befitting a noble lady. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > befitting a mistress

ladyshipa1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2577 This Mayde..To whom this lady hath behote Of ladischipe al that sche can, To vengen hir upon this man.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1946 Tho quod the queene..‘I wol do thee such ladischipe, Wherof thou schalt for everemo Be riche.’

c1454 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 326 Ȝou, of ȝowr abundant goodnese and graciose lady schip, grawnttit xx lib. mor un to þe beldyng of owr scole of dyvinite.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 392 I was nere my deth, had nat your ladyshyp bene.

†4. A district governed by a lady. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of others

thanage14..

thanedomc1425

satrapy1569

chiefery1587

caliphate1614

sultany1639

sagamoreship1670

rajaship1698

ladyship1709

satrapate1717

march1726

sachemdom1764

Nizamat1765

khanate1799

jarldom1820

sultanate1822

knightship1845

sheikhdom1845

sachemship1876

sheikh-ship1878

shahdom1884

chiefship1894

thakurate1901

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 46. ⁋3 All that long Course of Building is under particular Districts or Ladiships, after the Manner of Lordships in other Parts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ladyship
释义	ladyshipn. Brit. /ˈleɪdɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiˌʃɪp/ Forms: see lady n. and -ship suffix; also Middle English–1700s ladiship, 1600s–1700s laship (colloquial), 1600s– la'ship (colloquial, now archaic). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lady n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < lady n. + -ship suffix, after lordship n. 1. The state or condition of being a lady; the rank, status, or authority of a lady. Also as a count noun: the rank or title of ‘Lady’ (cf. lady n. 3). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady > having rank of lady ladyshipc1225 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 52 (MED) Ha..schal..trukien for a mon of lam þe heouenliche lauerd & lutlin hire leafdischipe [a1250 Titus lafdischipe]. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 80 Ȝef þu hauest for ȝeten nu þin wurðfule leafdischipe [a1250 Nero lefdischipe], ga & foleȝe þeose geat. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 577 More haf I of ioye & blysse here-inne, Of ladyschyp gret & lyuez blom. c1450 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 100 (MED) My wille of þe flesh haue ladiship, Reson of my wille haue lordship. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 53 Ne trawes not tru lady þat I take wolde Thy ladyship to losse ne in lust holde. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iii. iii. sig. F4 How doo'st thou like Thy Ladiship Zanthia? 1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment ii. i. 30 If I should lose this Lordship by Fooling, my Wife would be plaguy angry. A Ladyship, you know is a pretty Bawble, enough for her to play with. 1715 D. Ryder Diary 13 June (1939) (modernized text) 34 My lady herself is a woman of a great deal of polite breeding and endeavours to keep up the dignity of her ladyship by an appearing reservedness. 1771 H. Lawrence Contempl. Man II. ii. viii. 152 This Lady did not enjoy her Title long—she died in the fifth Year of her Ladyship. 1850 Littell's Living Age 18 Jan. 143 Miss Laura,and still more her mamma, would dearly like to have a ladyship among their valuable properties. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 301 What facility and plenteousness of knighthood, lordship, ladyship, royalty, loyalty. 1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. iv. 44 He hated the countess-ship of the Countess, and the ladyship of the Lady Anna. 1942 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 85 306 All the garments of Ladyship she arranged about her body. 1973 Mod. Philol. 73 83 The institution of marriage is being undermined by an appeal to false ‘fashion’ and a false concept of ‘Ladyship’. 1990 Representations No. 29. 16 The masculine and military order..is subverted from within by the regimen of women..the elaborate displays of deference to the ‘ladyship’ and wifely authority of Lady Warrenton. 2. a. Chiefly with possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a lady. Also figurative.Now chiefly sarcastic except when applied to a person whose rank or office is indicated by the title ‘Lady’ (see lady n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank my ladyOE ladyOE damea1225 ladyshipa1393 madam1543 ladydom?1553 gentlewoman1566 young ladyship1702 milady1778 Sitt1838 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 1730 (MED) Ther scholde me non ydelschipe Departen fro hir ladischipe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3715 I leue it to ȝour ladyschip þis lange noȝt vnknawen. c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite l. 191 His newe lady..drof hym forth, unnethe liste hir knowe That he was servaunt unto her ladishippe. 1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne Ded. sig. Aii I thought it my duty to Dedicate the same vnto youre Ladishyppes name. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 368/2 Yet I would pray Your ladiship..That I might know..What that these knights be in rich armour. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 45 Thou Fortunes Champion, that do'st neuer fight But when her humourous Ladiship is by To teach thee safety. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 106 If it please your Ladiships, you may see the end. View more context for this quotation 1650 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 174 Lord Jermyn in a jeering manner, as her ladyshipp conceaved, told her he hoped now shortly Sir Edward Herbert would returne to Paris. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 26 O Mem, your Laship staid to peruse a Pecquet of Letters. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 37. ¶1 I waited upon her Ladyship pretty early in the Morning. 1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 303 At last, truly, I wanted the other Title as much as I did that of Ladyship before. 1826 Lancet 1 July 423/1 The medical press of Dublin is a lady... Her ladyship has few established favourites in the city. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) II. 34 Her ladyship is in a huff. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons 294 They tossed for a go of turps and a hayband—I ask your ladyship's pardon, that means a glass of gin and a cigar. 1923 ‘R. Crompton’ William Again iv. 87 Her ladyship has had her boxes sent upstairs. 1966 Times 3 Nov. 17/1 The Court also allowed a cross-appeal by the wife against her Ladyship's judgement. 1970 N. Streatfeild Thursday's Child x. 114 People never refused to see Lady Corkberry so Mr Windle sent back a note to say he would be delighted to receive her ladyship. 2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 152 I'll be damned if, on top of everything else, I'm going to beg Your Ladyship to sign off on me so I can be..allowed to roam the streets. †b. = lady n. 1d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend lief971 ladya1393 ladyshipa1393 speciala1400 amiec1400 womanc1400 amoreta1425 mistressc1425 paramoura1450 fair ladya1470 girl?a1513 sooterkin1530 Tib1533 she1547 lady-love1568 jug1569 young lady1584 pigeon1592 love-lass1594 lass1596 dowsabel1612 swainling1615 lucky1629 Dulcinea1638 Lindabrides1640 inamorata1651 baby1684 best girl1691 lady friend1733 young woman1822 moll1823 querida1834 sheila1839 bint1855 tart1864 babykins1870 Dona1874 novia1874 fancy-girl1892 girlfriend1892 cliner1895 tootsy1895 dinah1898 best1904 twist and twirl1905 jane1906 kitten1908 patootie1918 meisie1919 bride1924 gf1925 jelly1931 sort1933 a bit (also piece) of homework1945 beast1946 queen1955 momma1964 mi'jita1970 her indoors1979 girlf1991 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 5208 Mi Sone, of that unkindeschipe, The which toward thi ladischipe Thou pleignest, for sche woll thee noght, Thou art to blamen of that thoght. c. A woman who is addressed as ‘Your Ladyship’; esp. a female member of the nobility (cf. lady n. 3a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady ladyc1225 duchess1393 dame1530 Dona1622 Donna1670 grande dame1775 ladyship1785 señora1818 milady1824 prima donna1834 senhora1841 seigneuress1888 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 386 Constant at routs, familiar with a round Of ladyships, a stranger to the poor. 1813 E. S. Barrett Cherubina (ed. 2) III. 17 Ladyship! a rummish sort of a tit for a Ladyship! And there is my Lord, I suppose. And t'other is the Marquis. 1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage I. ix. 125 She happened to have set her heart upon uniting him with a ladyship—the daughter of Lord Rotherham. 1940 E. von Arnim Mr Skeffington (1994) vi. 152 A ladyship, too. Muriel knew no ladyships, but had a firm faith in the virtue of the female aristocracy. 2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) 2 The interior is lived-in and has daft but endearing touches like the amateurish bird murals in our room painted by some ladyship. †3. Kindness or benevolence characteristic of or befitting a noble lady. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > befitting a mistress ladyshipa1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2577 This Mayde..To whom this lady hath behote Of ladischipe al that sche can, To vengen hir upon this man. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1946 Tho quod the queene..‘I wol do thee such ladischipe, Wherof thou schalt for everemo Be riche.’ c1454 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 326 Ȝou, of ȝowr abundant goodnese and graciose lady schip, grawnttit xx lib. mor un to þe beldyng of owr scole of dyvinite. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 392 I was nere my deth, had nat your ladyshyp bene. †4. A district governed by a lady. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of others thanage14.. thanedomc1425 satrapy1569 chiefery1587 caliphate1614 sultany1639 sagamoreship1670 rajaship1698 ladyship1709 satrapate1717 march1726 sachemdom1764 Nizamat1765 khanate1799 jarldom1820 sultanate1822 knightship1845 sheikhdom1845 sachemship1876 sheikh-ship1878 shahdom1884 chiefship1894 thakurate1901 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 46. ⁋3 All that long Course of Building is under particular Districts or Ladiships, after the Manner of Lordships in other Parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ladyshipv. Brit. /ˈleɪdɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ladyship n. Etymology: < ladyship n. Now rare. transitive. To give (a woman) the title of ‘ladyship’; to address as ‘Your Ladyship’ or ‘My Ladyship’; also with it as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > address by name > specific ladyfy1602 lady1607 lord1633 lordship1740 ladyship1814 good man1846 first-name1913 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) III. xxx. 17 ‘Ladyship! Oh, her ladyship!’ and away he cantered, ladyshipping it, till he was out of hearing. 1820 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London IV. 165 He so ladyshiped Lady —— what's her ugly name, that it was quite disgusting. 1890 C. Martin Austral. Girl (1999) 370 I expect when she's ladyshipped all day long, and has a string of flunkeys to look on when she eats her dinner, she'll be quite pleased with herself. 1914 F. K. Gifford Democratic Rhine-Maid viii. 133 ‘No! No!’ cried the Baroness. ‘I will not be ladyshipped by thee!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1225v.1814
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