mightsome
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).
Verb
editmightsome (third-person singular simple present mightsomes, present participle mightsoming, simple past and past participle mightsomed)
- (intransitive, dialectal) To be powerful.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom might + -some, perhaps for mite + -some.
Noun
editmightsome (uncountable)
- (informal, regional, nonstandard) A (little) bit; somewhat; a tad.
- 1993, Lee Scofield, Sweet Amity's Fire:
- The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely.
Usage notes
edit- Usually used adverbially as a mightsome.
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