dureful

English

Etymology

From dure +‎ -ful.^[1]

Adjective

dureful (comparative more dureful, superlative most dureful)

(obsolete) lasting
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  dureful Brass

Related terms

duration

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dureful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Du·reful, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 724, column 3: “[f. Dure v. + -ful.]”

Anagrams

rudeful

[1] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Du·reful, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 724, column 3: “[f. Dure v. + -ful.]”

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