Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deviceful

/dɪˈvaɪsfəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-vice-ful
IPA: /dɪˈvaɪsfəl/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of devices; inventive.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"To tell the glorie of the feast that day, / The goodly service, the deviceful sights, / […] Were worke fit for an Heraud, not for me […]"
"A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread."

Etymology

From device + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: device

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more deviceful (comparative) most deviceful (superlative)

Derived Forms

devicefully devicefulness

Questions

How do you pronounce deviceful?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈvaɪsfəl/.
What does deviceful mean?: Full of devices; inventive.
Where does deviceful come from?: From device + -ful.

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