Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mightsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: might-some
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be powerful.

Intransitive verb

noun

A (little) bit; somewhat; a tad.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely."

Etymology

From Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mightsomen, nuhtsumen, ġenyhtsumian, *ganuhtsumōną, *eneḱ-
Suffix: might, mite

Usage

Inflected Forms

mightsomes (present, singular) mightsoming (participle, present) mightsomed (participle, past) mightsomed (past)

Derived Forms

mightsomand mightsomeness

Questions

What does mightsome mean?: To be powerful.
Where does mightsome come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mightsome

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “mightsome”.
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 “mightsome”.
Repeat and practice — Say “mightsome” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.