Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meedful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meed-ful
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Worthy of meed or reward; deserving; meritorious.

Example Sentences

""On that day that S. Louis was buried," we there read, "a woman of the diocese of Sens recovered her sight, which she had lost and saw nothing, by the merits and prayers of the said debonair and meedful king."
"I say not that the naked thinking of these two thoughts is so meedful; but that reverent affection, to the which bringing in these two thoughts are sovereign means on man's party, that is it that is so meedful as I say."
"By some truly it is doubted which life is more meedful and better; contemplative or active."

Etymology

Calque of Middle English medeful; equivalent to meed + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: meed

Inflected Forms

more meedful (comparative) most meedful (superlative)

Questions

What does meedful mean?: Worthy of meed or reward; deserving; meritorious.
Where does meedful come from?: Calque of Middle English medeful; equivalent to meed + -ful.

How to pronounce meedful

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “meedful”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “meedful”.
Repeat and practice — Say “meedful” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.