Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wealful

/ˈwiːlfʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: weal-ful
IPA: /ˈwiːlfʊl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Successful; prosperous.

Obsolete

adj

Happy; joyful; felicitous.

Obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English weleful. By surface analysis, weal + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: weleful

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more wealful (comparative) most wealful (superlative) wealefull (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

wealfully

Synonyms

fortunate roaring glad merry

Questions

How do you pronounce wealful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːlfʊl/.
What does wealful mean?: Successful; prosperous.
Where does wealful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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