As nouns the difference between goodyship and goodship
is that
goodyship is (dated|humorous) the state or quality of a goody or goodwife while
goodship is (obsolete) favour; grace; kindness.
goodyship English
Noun
( -)
(dated, humorous) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife.
* Butler, Samuel. Hudibras : In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars . Edinburgh: Printed for R. Clark, P. Anderson, & A. Brown, 1784. Part I, Canto 3, lines 517–518. [http://books.google.ca/books?id=2yxXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=hudibras+goodyship&source=bl&ots=XLZNd1nh60&sig=lbQogZQyzBtwDNRnSQJZXvOo_f4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lO_fUcq8AaHFywGo3oDoBA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=goodyship&f=false]
- The more shame for her goodyship, / To give so near a friend the slip.
( Webster 1913) |
goodship English
Noun
(obsolete) Favour; grace; kindness.
- And for the goodship of this dede They graunten him a lusty mede, [...] — Gower.
( Webster 1913) |
