mighteous

mighteous adjective: possessing might; mighty; powerful; mightily righteous.

Adjective

mighteous (comparative more mighteous, superlative most mighteous)

Possessing might; mighty; powerful; mightily righteous.
- The sea is thy mirror, thou regardest thy soul In its mighteous waves that unendingly roll, And thy spirit is yet not a chasm less drear.1909, Charles Baudelaire, translated by Cyril Scott, The Flowers of Evil
- Still, it was quite edifying to witness the anxious bustling, and to hear the learned remarks of our dwarf Esculapius; who among other things, was constrained to acknowledge that — "unassisted nature had yet mighteous potential efficacity of her own intrinsic internal force, [...]1916, Baynard Rush Hall, James Albert Woodburn, The new purchase

We used to sleep the sleep of the mighteous, never reaching for d'epistle tucked, unfriared, under the brillo's ear.1969 Oct, Black World/Negro Digest:
In the gods and humans, demons and birds I have my followers everywhere obedient to me; Khara and Dushana, the demons, are as mighteous as I myself.1998, G. N. Das, Shri Rama: the man and his mission:

comparative	more mighteous
superlative	most mighteous

From might + -eous, modelled after righteous, equivalent to might + -wise.

What does mighteous mean?: Mighteous means possessing might; mighty; powerful; mightily righteous.
How do you use mighteous in a sentence?: We used to sleep the sleep of the mighteous, never reaching for d'epistle tucked, unfriared, under the brillo's ear.
What part of speech is mighteous?: Mighteous is an adjective.

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