The state, quality, or condition of being beautiful; the relationship or connection to beauty.
Compound of beauty (from Old French beauté, from Latin bellus meaning 'beautiful') and -ship (Old English suffix denoting state or condition). Formed in English to create an abstract noun describing the nature or essence of beauty.
The -ship suffix is incredibly productive in English—we use it to turn almost anything into a state of being (friendship, scholarship, leadership)—but beautyship is relatively rare because we usually just say 'beauty' itself; it shows how English speakers instinctively prefer the simpler form when it already works perfectly.
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