† darkshipn.
Obsolete.
With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect for a person who is dark in appearance or nature.Apparently an isolated use.The exact sense of dark is ambiguous: it could refer either to colour, as the character is described as a ‘sooty Chimney-sweep’ and ‘black infernal Ruffin’, or to his wicked behaviour (cf. dark adj. 3a and dark adj. 6).
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] > title or personality of
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > diabolical person > [noun] > personality of
darkship1707
society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > evil or dark > person > personality of
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1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. vii. 21 That his Darkship [i.e. a devil] was unable To terrify an English Rabble.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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