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mightsome en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To be powerful.

Forms

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mightsomed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mightsomed Tense=Past lexicographic
mightsoming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mightsomes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

mightsomand · mightsomeness

mightsome en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From might + -some, perhaps for mite + -some.

Meanings

  1. (informal, nonstandard, regional, uncountable) A (little) bit; somewhat; a tad.
    • The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely. 1993, Lee Scofield, Sweet Amity's Fire: