Meanings
adjectivehomefelt (comparative more homefelt, superlative most homefelt)
comparative more homefelt · superlative most homefelt
- obsoletepoeticinward; private
Such a sacred and home-felt delight.
Comus
1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC
Origin
From home + felt, i.e. felt in one's own breast.
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APA
homefelt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homefelt
MLA
“homefelt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homefelt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homefelt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homefelt.
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