Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beenship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: been-ship
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Worship; goodness.

British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from been, bene (“prayer, petition”) + -ship, and/or from dialectal bein, bien (“in good condition, well-to-do, cosy”) + -ship. More at bene, bein, bain.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bene, ship

Usage

Questions

What does beenship mean?: Worship; goodness.
Where does beenship come from?: Origin obscure. Perhaps from been, bene (“prayer, petition”) + -ship, and/or from dialectal bein, bien (“in good condition, well-to-do, cosy”) + -ship. More at bene, bein, bain.

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