spoilful en · ADJ
Etymology
From spoil + -ful.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Destructive, pillaging.
[…] hauing oft in battell vanquished / Those spoilefull Picts, and swarming Easterlings, / Long time in peace his Realme established […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more spoilful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most spoilful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |