penshipn.
/ˈpɛnʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌʃɪp/ rare.
Penmanship.
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writingeOE
penning1548
composition1553
characterizing1591
penship1622
scription1627
exaration1631
inkshed1672
scrivening1680
quill-driving1756
pen-and-inkage1894
1622 W. Folkingham Brachygraphie (ed. 2) (title page) Post-writt. Or, the art of short-writing. Where most letters consist of single stroakes or motions of the pen, in best formes of penship.
1806 ‘P. Pindar’ Tristia 56 Out flames a paragraph of pretty penship.
1993 Independent (Nexis) 20 May 15 Mahler had gone to town scrawling alterations all over it. There was this strong penship, lots and lots of footnotes, so confident.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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