borrowship
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "From some relative Cynthia managed to obtain on permanent borrowship a pair of binoculars, to lie in the stillness of night, binoculars pressed into the eyes, trying to count the stars, always talking in a whisper, the night sky a wondrous sight of beauty."
- "I couldn't bring myself to tell her I only had partial borrowship—that would defeat the purpose."
Etymology
A calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Buurchskup (“suretiship”), Dutch borgschap (“suretiship”), German Low German Börgskupp, Börgschop (“suretiship”), German Bürgschaft (“suretiship”)