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Mighty
Definitions
- 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
- 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
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.
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.
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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