Overawful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively awful (awe-inspiring or reverential). obsolete

    "[T]o free ingenuous minds from that over-awfull eſteeme of thoſe more ancient then truſty fathers […]"

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"[T]o free ingenuous minds from that over-awfull eſteeme of thoſe more ancient then truſty fathers […]"

Etymology

From over- + awful.

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