bodeful
English
Etymology
bode + -ful
Adjective
bodeful (comparative more bodeful, superlative most bodeful)
- Portentous; ominous.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- It is a voice bodeful of death or of life.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 bodeful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)