Mightsome

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (little) bit; somewhat; a tad. informal, nonstandard, regional, uncountable

    "The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be powerful. dialectal, intransitive

Example

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"The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From 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”).

Etymology 2

From might + -some, perhaps for mite + -some.

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