amendful

English

Etymology

From amend +‎ -ful.

Adjective

amendful (comparative more amendful, superlative most amendful)

1. (obsolete) Much improving.
   • c. 1612–1630, John Fletcher, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, “The Bloody Brother; or, Rollo. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Farre fly such rigour your amendfull hand.

   • 1875, “Eugenia (1614)”, in The Works of George Chapman: Poems and Minor Translations, page 325:

     wherein whatsoever is presently defective, the anniversaries that, for as many years as God shall please to give me life and faculty, I constantly resolve to perform to his noblest name and virtues, shall, I hope, be furnished with supplies amendful and acceptable .

   • 1843, The Iliads of Homer:

     He said, and his amendful words did Hector highly please, Who rush'd betwixt the fighting hosts , and made the Trojans cease, By holding up in midst his lance:

References

• “amendful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• unflamed