amateurship en · NOUN
Etymology
From amateur + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality or character of an amateur.
This, perhaps, is the most valuable part of the collection to a student either in art or amateurship: but it would altogether shock our English taste, the modishest of any modern, which relishes nothing half so much as portraits of Right Honourables and Dishonourables […]
1837, The Athenaeum, page 863:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amateurships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |