friendful en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English freendful, frendful, frendfull, freondfull, equivalent to friend + -ful.
Meanings
-
Full of friendlihood; friendly.
It might have been that these occasions held a cracked mirror to my image of myself as being friendful---let alone the fairest.
2010, Michael Joseph Coughlin, What I remember:Finally, 'that cruel and fervent enemy of nature, the deadly corruption, did utterly vanquish and overcome the pure and friendful blood, without all manner of physical help and remedy.'
2013, John Guy, The Children of Henry VIII:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most friendful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more friendful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |