devicefuladj.

Etymology: < device n. + -ful suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈviceful.

Now rare.

Full of, or characterized by, device, ingenuity or invention; ingenious, ‘cunning’, ‘curious’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] > characterized by invention

conceited1542

deviceful1590

minted1598

well-conceited1598

inventive1601

good-conceiteda1616

made-up1773

1590 E. Spenser Teares of Muses 385 The devicefull matter of my song.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O2^v To tell the glorie of the feast..The goodly seruice, the deuicefull sights..Were worke fit for an Herauld.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. i Oh quick, deviceful, strong-brain'd Dulcimel, Thou art too full of wit to be a wife.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 206 A carpet, rich and of deviceful thread.

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 23 Their quaint Impresa's, their deuisefull showes.

1678 H. More Let. 25 May 31 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) In his deviceful imagination.

Derivatives

† deˈvicefully adv. (also devisefully) Obsolete ingeniously, ‘cunningly’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adverb]

fantastically1547

conceitedly1588

devicefullya1631

creatively1713

inventively1847

originatively1858

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 77 The Alphabet Of flowers, how they devisefully being set And bound up, might..Deliver errands mutely, and mutually.

devicefulness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill

ginc1175

compassc1320

witc1325

enginec1330

devicec1400

engininga1450

artifice1540

imaginea1550

ingeniousness1555

ingeniosity1607

ingenuousness1628

ingenuity1649

contrivance1659

artfulness1670

contrivancy1877

devicefulness1894

1894 Liberal 17 Nov. 3/2 It was from the Germans that the Japs derived all their discipline and devicefulness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	deviceful
释义	devicefuladj. Etymology: < device n. + -ful suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈviceful. Now rare. Full of, or characterized by, device, ingenuity or invention; ingenious, ‘cunning’, ‘curious’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] > characterized by invention conceited1542 deviceful1590 minted1598 well-conceited1598 inventive1601 good-conceiteda1616 made-up1773 1590 E. Spenser Teares of Muses 385 The devicefull matter of my song. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O2^v To tell the glorie of the feast..The goodly seruice, the deuicefull sights..Were worke fit for an Herauld. View more context for this quotation 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. i Oh quick, deviceful, strong-brain'd Dulcimel, Thou art too full of wit to be a wife. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 206 A carpet, rich and of deviceful thread. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 23 Their quaint Impresa's, their deuisefull showes. 1678 H. More Let. 25 May 31 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) In his deviceful imagination. Derivatives † deˈvicefully adv. (also devisefully) Obsolete ingeniously, ‘cunningly’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adverb] fantastically1547 conceitedly1588 devicefullya1631 creatively1713 inventively1847 originatively1858 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 77 The Alphabet Of flowers, how they devisefully being set And bound up, might..Deliver errands mutely, and mutually. devicefulness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill ginc1175 compassc1320 witc1325 enginec1330 devicec1400 engininga1450 artifice1540 imaginea1550 ingeniousness1555 ingeniosity1607 ingenuousness1628 ingenuity1649 contrivance1659 artfulness1670 contrivancy1877 devicefulness1894 1894 Liberal 17 Nov. 3/2 It was from the Germans that the Japs derived all their discipline and devicefulness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1590
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