artificershipn.
/ɑːˈtɪfᵻsəʃɪp/, U.S. /ɑrˈtɪfəsərˌʃɪp/, /ˈɑrdəˌfɪsərˌʃɪp/ Skill as an artificer; workmanship. Now rare.
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artc1300
artificialityc1535
artifice1597
craftsmanshipa1652
mechanism1710
craftmanship1829
artificership1835
craftiness1974
1835 New Monthly Mag. June 199 The cunning of the springs effectually defied my artificership.
1853 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 23 46/2 Virgil's well-known recipe..suggests how very much skill and artificership were probably employed in making the very simplest of the ancient ploughs.
1924 M. S. Birkett Ferrous Metals viii. 100 An inherent artificership and craftsmanship which its younger rivals will find more than difficult to acquire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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