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softship

noun

Etymology

From soft + -ship, modelled after hardship.

  1. derived from *semptio-✻
  2. inherited from *samft(ī)✻
  3. inherited from sōfte
  4. inherited from softe
  5. suffixed as softship — “soft + ship”

Definitions

  1. A situation marked by ease, comfort, or convenience.

    • Yet not a hardship only, because a sizeable sector of living in, on, and around motoring was softship and little else.

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