mainful

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English meinful, mainful, maynful; equivalent to main (power, might) +‎ -ful.

Adjective

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mainful (comparative more mainful, superlative most mainful)

  1. (now literary, archaic) Powerful; mighty.
    Synonym: mightful
    • 1844, The wars of Jehovah, in Heaven, earth and Hell:
      [] And others, the rebellious cast down / Upon them : thus the mainful main was isled / From the disruption'd heaven ; but the Lord / Present commands his saints []
    • 1906, Clarkson College of Technology, Clarkson College of Technology Bulletin - Volume 3:
      [] to make some nook of God's creation a little more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human hearts a little wiser, more mainful, happier, more blessed, less accursed.

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Middle English

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Adjective

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mainful

  1. Alternative form of maynful