reuful
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rewful, rufulle, rufull, rewfule, reowfule, reufol, reweful
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈriu̯ful/
Adjective
reuful (comparative *reufuler, superlative *reufulest)
- sorrowful, distraught, rueful
- grieving, miserable, pitiable
- sad, pitiful, painful
- fearful; terrifying
Descendants
- English: rueful
References
- “reuful (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
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