Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laureateship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: lau-re-ate-ship
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, or office, of a laureate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before."

Etymology

Etymology tree English laureate Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English laureateship From laureate + -ship.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

laureateships (plural)

Questions

What does laureateship mean?: The state, or office, of a laureate.
Where does laureateship come from?: Etymology tree English laureate Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English laureateship From laureate + -ship.

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