renownful
English
Etymology
renown + -ful
Adjective
renownful (comparative more renownful, superlative most renownful)
- (archaic) Having great renown; famous.
- 1606, John Marston, The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedie of Sophonisba
- To Carthage, Carthage! O thou eternal youth,
Man of large fame, great and abounding glory,
Renownful Scipio, spread thy two-necked eagles,
Fill full thy sailes with a revenging wind, […]
- To Carthage, Carthage! O thou eternal youth,
- 1606, John Marston, The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedie of Sophonisba
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for renownful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- wonnerful