Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goodful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: good-ful
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of good or goodness; good; excellent; worthy.

Example Sentences

"Oh, all these are nothing else than God's glorious and goodful thoughts, embodied in beautiful and sublime forms, written radiantly on the blue of the sky or whispered musically in the voices of the universe."
""You'll see. A goodful and righteous adventure.” “A noble quest,” Shane added. “For the acquisition of happiness,” Lucas said."

Etymology

From Middle English gōdful, equivalent to good + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gōdful
Suffix: good

Inflected Forms

more goodful (comparative) most goodful (superlative)

Synonyms

friendly gracious kind

Antonyms

goodless

Questions

What does goodful mean?: Full of good or goodness; good; excellent; worthy.
Where does goodful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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