misdoubtful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /mɪsˈdaʊtfəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From misdoubt + -ful.
Meanings
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(archaic) Misgiving; doubting, suspicious.
She gan to cast in her misdoubtfull mynde / A thousand fearees, that love-sicke fancies faine to fynde.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more misdoubtful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most misdoubtful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |