strifeful en · ADJ
Etymology
From strife + -ful.
Meanings
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Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious.
But strifull minde, and diuerse qualitee / Drew them in parts, and each made others foe [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more strifeful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| strifull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most strifeful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |