Contextualizebeta

smiteful

adj

Etymology

From smite + -ful.

  1. derived from *smeyd-✻ — “to smear, whisk, strike, rub”
  2. inherited from *smītaną✻ — “to sling; throw; smear”
  3. inherited from *smītan✻
  4. inherited from smītan — “to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”
  5. inherited from smiten
  6. suffixed as smiteful — “smite + ful”

Definitions

  1. Inclined toward smiting.

    • Although there is no evidence that Taylor's is a vengeful, smiteful god, either.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for smiteful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA