Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Useful; serviceable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Useful.
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- adjective
Useful ;serviceable .
Etymologies
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From Middle English noteful, notful ("useful"), from note ("use, need"), from Old English notu ("use, enjoyment"), from Proto-Germanic *nutō, *nutjō, *nutan (“use, enjoyment”), from Proto-Indo-European *neud- (“to acquire, make use of”) + ful, equivalent to note + -ful. Related to Old English nēotan ("to use, enjoy"), Old English nyttian ("to make use of, utilize"), Old English nytlīċ ("useful, profitable, beneficial").
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Examples
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His eye watched that of the speaker with the glare of the tiger, as if noteful only of the moment when to spring.
Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky William Gilmore Simms 1838
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