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English
Etymology
From Middle English myghtfull; equivalent to might + -ful.
Adjective
mightful (comparative more mightful, superlative most mightful)
- (now literary, archaic) Mighty, powerful.
- Synonym: mainful
- Antonym: mightless
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:Here myȝtow see ensamples · in hym-selue one / That he was miȝtful & meke · and mercy gan graunte.