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freakful en · ADJ

Etymology

From freak + -ful.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Full of whims or caprices.
   • Round rolls the stroke with mathematic care, All centre-bound, exactly circular: No sportive way it takes, at large and free, No gambol plays of freakful liberty […] 1798, Joseph Fawcett, Written on Visiting the Gardens at Versailles:
   • If God's actions are of a fortuitous nature, however grand, however glorious, they reduce Him to a mere freakful entity 2001, Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya, Vedic culture, page 44:
   • I am Alas for the freakful fate which plays with poor humanity and its concerns! 1922, Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery, Lord Chatham: His Early Life and Connections:
   • Jove heard his vows, and better'd his desire; For by some freakful chance he made retire From his companions 1819, John Keats, Lamia:

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