Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strengthful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: strength-ful
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I couldn't bring myself to say 'No, Ethelinda, I can not be yours because my heart is set on a strengthful damsel with raven locks and eyes of coal, with lips a shade less cherry than thine, and a cheek more like the apple than the peach, [...]'"
"But they were both fervent and sincere and breathed of a hopeful, a strengthful, and a trustful spirit."
"The longer that sin is indulged, the mightier, the more strengthful, the more binding does it become in a human life."

Etymology

From Middle English strengthful, strenkyþfull, equivalent to strength + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: strengthful
Suffix: strength

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more strengthful (comparative) most strengthful (superlative)

Derived Forms

strengthfully strengthfulness

Antonyms

strengthless

Questions

What does strengthful mean?: Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
Where does strengthful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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