wordship en · NOUN
Etymology
From word + -ship.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The state, condition, or status of a word.
"But it expressed his thought perfectly then to all English-speaking people, and does so now, and is a participial adjective correctly formed. It is unknown to custom, but it has all the conditions of wordship, and is a much better English word than very many in "Webster's Dictionary."
1883, Richard Grant White, Words and Their Uses, Past and Present, page 200: