† upstantialadj.
Obsolete.
= substantial adj.
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society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influential
mightyOE
substantial?c1450
prevalent?a1475
grave1541
upstantial1590
prevailent1623
influxive1624
weighty1662
momentous1667
influentiala1734
influencive1809
high-power1906
high-powered1917
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C4v I will take it vpon the credit of my selfe, an vpstantiall yeoman.
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adj.1590- not to know a b from a bull's foot
- not to know a hawk from a handsaw
- not to know a person from adam's
- not to know a person from adam's off-ox
- not to know a person from adam's offox
- not to know a word of
- not to know any better
- not to know any different
- not to know beans
- not to know boo
- not to know different
- not to know from a bar of soap
- not to know from adam
- not to know from adam's
- not to know from adam's off-ox
- not to know from adam's offox
- not to know from eve
- not to know from nothing
- not to know from shinola
- not to know from shit
- not to know jack
- not to know one is born
- not to know one's arse from a hole in the ground
- not to know one's arse from one's elbow
- not to know one's ass from a hole in the ground