Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boldship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bold-ship
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being bold; boldness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English boldshipe, boldschype, baldsipe, equivalent to bold + -ship.

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What does boldship mean?
The characteristic of being bold; boldness.
Where does boldship come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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