Mighty
adj, adv, noun, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 A warrior of great strength and courage. obsolete, rare
"And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties."
- 1 Very strong; possessing might.
"He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him."
- 2 Very heavy and powerful.
"Thor swung his mighty hammer."
- 3 Very large; hefty. colloquial
"Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]"
- 4 Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
"His mighty works"
- 5 Excellent, extremely good. informal
"Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party."
- 1 having or showing great strength or force or intensity wordnet
- 1 Very; to a high degree. colloquial, not-comparable
"You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday."
- 1 (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree wordnet
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More examples"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Etymology
From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.
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