Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trueful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: true-ful
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

loyal, faithful

Etymology

From Middle English truful, trewful, trewfull, from Old English ġetrēowfull (“faithful, holding the faith”), equivalent to true + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: truful, ġetrēowfull

Inflected Forms

more trueful (comparative) most trueful (superlative)

Derived Forms

truefully truefulness

Questions

What does trueful mean?: loyal, faithful
Where does trueful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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