Amateurship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or character of an amateur. uncountable, usually

    "This, perhaps, is the most valuable part of the collection to a student either in art or amateurship: but it would altogether shock our English taste, the modishest of any modern, which relishes nothing half so much as portraits of Right Honourables and Dishonourables […]"

Example

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"This, perhaps, is the most valuable part of the collection to a student either in art or amateurship: but it would altogether shock our English taste, the modishest of any modern, which relishes nothing half so much as portraits of Right Honourables and Dishonourables […]"

Etymology

From amateur + -ship.

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