healful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "healful remedies"
- "As for psychogenic death, this will be the case when three supplementary, in this case, healful conditions are fulfilled: […]"
- "[…] I believe my Father catched [sic] cold on his journey, tho' he was otherways a very strong healful man, for on his return to Pennicuik a boile broke out between his shoulders, which in a very few days turn'd to a Mortification."
- "The public conscience demands that they work under healful conditions, with ample light, without overspceding, and with the same provisions for their safety at their work that the employer would desire for himself were he so employed."
- "And, therefore, what is more healful than the sweetness of this sight, or what softer thing may be felt?"
- "[…] since Christ will not fail to minister, himself, all lawful and healful sacraments, and necessary at all time, and especially at the end, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. Compare healless.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more healful (comparative)
most healful (superlative)