deviceful
/dɪˈvaɪsfəl/
deviceful adjective: full of devices; inventive.
Adjective
deviceful (comparative more deviceful, superlative most deviceful)
- Full of devices; inventive.
- To tell the glorie of the feast that day, / The goodly service, the deviceful sights, / […] Were worke fit for an Heraud, not for me […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread.1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...
Forms of deviceful
| comparative | more deviceful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deviceful |
Origin of deviceful
From device + -ful.
Words formed from deviceful
Questions about deviceful
- What does deviceful mean?
- Deviceful means full of devices; inventive.
- What part of speech is deviceful?
- Deviceful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce deviceful?
- Deviceful is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪsfəl/.
Words near deviceful in the dictionary
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