Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mainful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: main-ful
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Powerful; mighty.

Archaic; Literary

Example Sentences

"[…] 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 […]"
"[…] 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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: meinful
Suffix: main

Usage

Inflected Forms

more mainful (comparative) most mainful (superlative)

Synonyms

mightful

Questions

What does mainful mean?: Powerful; mighty.
Where does mainful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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