Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lefull

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: le-full
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

permissible, permitted; allowable, allowed

Archaic

Example Sentences

"That thynge is not lefull to be seen / yt is not lefull to be desyred."
":Quid saluum esse poterit si licet furari, what can be safe, if thefte bee lefull or tolerated."
"Another book well known to bibliomaniacs ("Dives and Pauper," ed. W. de Worde; 1496) says: "For to represente in playnge at Crystmasse herodes and the thre kynges and other processes of the gospelles both then and at Ester and other tymes also it is lefull and cōmendable.""

Etymology

From Middle English lefull (“permissible, allowable”), from lēve (“permission, privilege”), equivalent to leave + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lefull
Suffix: leave

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more lefull (comparative) most lefull (superlative)

Questions

What does lefull mean?: permissible, permitted; allowable, allowed
Where does lefull come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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