overawful en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + awful.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Excessively awful (awe-inspiring or reverential).
[T]o free ingenuous minds from that over-awfull eſteeme of thoſe more ancient then truſty fathers […]
1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, pages 30–31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most overawful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more overawful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |