mighteousadj.
/ˈmʌɪtɪəs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪdiəs/ rare.
That is full of might or power.
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mightyeOE
craftyeOE
richeOE
strongeOE
wieldeOE
mainstrongOE
mightOE
keena1000
mightfullOE
mainfulc1225
reighc1225
starkc1275
boldc1300
fort13..
mightandc1350
strengthya1382
mightifula1400
bigc1400
powerfulc1450
puissant?c1450
mananta1500
mighteousa1500
potenta1500
potential?c1500
vailing1508
forcible1555
potentate1556
swingeing1567
powerable1580
strong-handed1598
strengthful1604
hogen mogen1648
powerlike1657
pollent1660
hogana1672
swayful1767
reverend1826
oomphy1955
kick-ass1977
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 172 (MED) Of bedlem a gracyus lord shall spray, That of Iury myghtyus kyng shalbe ay.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxix. 274 Our dwarf Esculapius..among other things, was constrained to acknowledge that—‘unassisted nature had yet mighteous potential efficacity of her own intrinsic internal force’.
1998 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Dec. P1C Oh, the weather outside is righteous And the a.c. inside is mighteous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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