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rebukeful

adj

Etymology

From rebuke + -ful.

  1. derived from *buskaz✻ — “bush”
  2. derived from *busk✻
  3. derived from *busca✻ — “wood, grove”
  4. derived from *buker✻
  5. derived from rebuker — “to beat back, repel”
  6. inherited from rebuken
  7. suffixed as rebukeful — “rebuke + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of rebuke

    Full of rebuke; highly critical.

    • He descended to the cabin to bid a ceremonious, and, it may be, tacitly rebukeful adieu.

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