deviceful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈvaɪsfəl/
Etymology
From device + -ful.
Meanings
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(archaic) Full of devices; inventive.
A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread.
1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:To tell the glorie of the feast that day, / The goodly service, the deviceful sights, / […] Were worke fit for an Heraud, not for me […]
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more deviceful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most deviceful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |