mightsome

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verb

To be powerful.

OriginMiddle English mightsomen ← Old English ġenyhtsumian ← Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną →
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Meanings

mightsome1

verbmightsome (third-person singular simple present mightsomes, present participle mightsoming, simple past and past participle mightsomed)

present singular third person mightsomes · participle present mightsoming · participle past mightsomed · past mightsomed

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo be powerful.

mightsome2

nounmightsome (uncountable)
  1. informalnonstandardregionaluncountableA (little) bit; somewhat; a tad.

    The ranch, it can get a mightsome lonely.

    1993, Lee Scofield, Sweet Amity's Fire

Origin

mightsome · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*eneḱ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*ganuhtsumōną“to suffice”
  3. Old Englishġenyhtsumian“to abound, have abundance, suffice”
  4. Middle Englishnühtsomen
  5. Middle Englishmightsomen
  6. Englishmightsome

From Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).

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mightsome · noun

From might + -some, perhaps for mite + -some.

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APA

mightsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mightsome

MLA

“mightsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mightsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mightsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mightsome.

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