beneship
English
Alternative forms
- benship
Etymology
bene (“good”) + -ship
Adjective
beneship (comparative more beneship, superlative most beneship)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Very good; excellent.
- 1566, Harman, Thomas, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:
- Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.
- 1984, Hanna, Gillian, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman, translation of Quasi per caso una donna: Elisabetta by Fo, Dario:
- Beneship, beneship dearlie. Settle thine arse sopra this chaise the while I preparare the wrinkle-mousse to smoddle thee in.
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Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:excellent
Derived terms
- beneshiply
Related terms
- benar (“better”)
- benat (“best”)
Anagrams
- beenship