"penmanship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penmanships [plural]
Etymology: From pen + -manship. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pen|manship}} pen + -manship Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} penmanship (usually uncountable, plural penmanships)
  1. Synonym of handwriting, one's own style of writing. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: handwriting [synonym, synonym-of], one's own style of writing [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-penmanship-en-noun-y6Du7vOz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -manship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -manship: 52 48
  2. Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: calligraphy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-penmanship-en-noun-GA4eAAG~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -manship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -manship: 52 48

Inflected forms

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