Meaning of spidership | Babel Free
Definitions
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honorific used to address or refer to a spider. nonce-word
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The state or quality of being a spider. nonce-word
Examples
“When I saw her spidership my war-cry would have turned a Filipino bolo-man green with envy.”
“A companion at once crushed his spidership, for which on afterthought I was sorry, as I should like to have cut the spider for examination.”
“A friend, who was specially interested in such studies, having captured a spider, erected a column in a basin filled with water; and placing his spidership on the top of the column, sat down to watch results.”
“[Moth about the Dog:] Bein' a bug is all a matter of legs [...] Four more an' he [could have] made spidership.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.