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mightsome

verb

Etymology

From Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).

  1. derived from *eneḱ-✻
  2. derived from *ganuhtsumōną✻
  3. derived from ġenyhtsumian
  4. derived from nuhtsumen
  5. inherited from mightsomen

Definitions

  1. To be powerful.

  2. A (little) bit

    A (little) bit; somewhat; a tad.

    • The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA