Etymology

plightful

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Today it means: Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous. Full definition →

Middle English plightful
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plightful · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromplightful
  2. English todayplightful

From Middle English plightful, plihtful, equivalent to plight + -ful.

plightful · adjective2

From plight + -ful.

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