Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nurtureship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nur-ture-ship
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nurturing; upbringing.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By fairies, you have undergone a nurtureship perverse; […]"

Etymology

nurture + -ship

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nurture

Usage

Questions

What does nurtureship mean?: Nurturing; upbringing.
Where does nurtureship come from?: nurture + -ship

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