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overawful

adj

Etymology

From over- + awful.

  1. inherited from agheful
  2. prefixed as overawful — “over + awful”

Definitions

  1. Excessively awful (awe-inspiring or reverential).

    • [T]o free ingenuous minds from that over-awfull eſteeme of thoſe more ancient then truſty fathers […]

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