preyfuladj.
/ˈpreɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpreɪf(ə)l/ rare.
Given to or characterized by preying; predatory, rapacious.
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preyful1598
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 56 The prayfull Princesse pearst and prickt a prettie pleasing Pricket. View more context for this quotation
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Venus in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 93 The Preyfull broode of sauage Beasts.
1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) iii. xviii. 133 Arabian Hunters, in full Cry, Run down the tim'rous Stag, with preyful Eye.
1912 Indianapolis Star 5 Jan. 9/4 A lean dark face which, in profile, resembled the kite—the hooked beak, the watchful, preyful eyes.
2003 Jewish Exponent (Nexis) 13 Nov. 46 Gershon..thinks all celebrity snooping and preyful patter of the press about her public moments and private life don't matter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1598- to rug and rive
- to ruin
- to rule
- to rule a planet
- to rule in
- to send home
- to send in
- to send in legacy
- to send in legation
- to send in one's jacket
- to send in one's papers
- to send in the melting pot
- to send into exile
- to send into the melting pot
- to send knowledge
- to send more members to parliament
- to send off
- to send on
- to send one to birching birchen lane
- to send one to birching birchin lane
- to send one to birching lane
- to send one to parliament
- to send one's best
- to send one's compliments, love, respects
- to send one's love