Mighty

//ˈmaɪti// adj, adv, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very strong; possessing might.

    "He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him."

  2. 2
    Very heavy and powerful.

    "Thor swung his mighty hammer."

  3. 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. 4
    Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.

    "His mighty works"

  5. 5
    Excellent, extremely good. informal

    "Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing great strength or force or intensity wordnet
Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree wordnet
Noun
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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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