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surgeful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒfəl/

Etymology

From surge + -ful.

Meanings

1. (archaic) surging
   • tossing the surgeful tides 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

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