mighty
/ˈmaɪti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very strong; possessing might.
adj
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
Example Sentences
- "And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties."
- "He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him."
- "Wise in heart, and mighty in strength."
- "Thor swung his mighty hammer."
- "He gave the ball a mighty hit."
- "Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]"
Etymology
From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *megʰ-, mighty, mihtiġ, *mahtīg, *mahtīgaz
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmaɪti/
- British English: /ˈmaɪti/