Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behoveful

/bɪˈhəʊvfəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-hove-ful
IPA: /bɪˈhəʊvfəl/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"No Madam, we haue cul'd such necessaries / As are behoouefull for our state to morrow[…]."
"How behoveful it is for every Christian man soberly to meditate of his end."
"she forsaketh and leaveth us to the hazard of fortune; and by art to quest and finde out those things that are behovefull and necessarie for our preservation […]"
"[H]is Barons […] flatly oppoſe themſelues both to his commaund and their Countries good, denying him (vntill he vvere aſſoyled of his excommunication,) their attendance in ſo behouefull a ſeruice."

Etymology

From Middle English behoveful, equivalent to behove + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: behoveful
Suffix: behove

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /bɪˈhəʊvfəl/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more behoveful (comparative) most behoveful (superlative) behoofful (alternative) behooveful (alternative)

Derived Forms

behovefully behovefulness

Questions

How do you pronounce behoveful?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈhəʊvfəl/.
What does behoveful mean?: Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
Where does behoveful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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