mainful

English

Etymology

From Middle English meinful, mainful, maynful; equivalent to main (power, might) + -ful.

Adjective

mainful (comparative more mainful, superlative most mainful)

  1. (now literary, archaic) Powerful; mighty.
    Synonym: mightful
    • 1844, The wars of Jehovah, in Heaven, earth and Hell:
      [] And others, the rebellious cast down / Upon them : thus the mainful main was isled / From the disruption'd heaven ; but the Lord / Present commands his saints []
    • 1906, Clarkson College of Technology, Clarkson College of Technology Bulletin - Volume 3:
      [] to make some nook of God's creation a little more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human hearts a little wiser, more mainful, happier, more blessed, less accursed.

Anagrams


Middle English

Adjective

mainful

  1. Alternative form of meinful
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