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English
Etymology
From Middle English meinful, mainful, maynful; equivalent to main (“power, might”) + -ful.
Adjective
mainful (comparative more mainful, superlative most mainful)
- (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.
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
mainful
- Alternative form of maynful