freakful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

freak +‎ -ful

Adjective[edit]

freakful (comparative more freakful, superlative most freakful)

  1. (archaic) Full of whims or caprices.
    • 1798, Joseph Fawcett, Written on Visiting the Gardens at Versailles:
      Round rolls the stroke with mathematic care,
      All centre-bound, exactly circular:
      No sportive way it takes, at large and free,
      No gambol plays of freakful liberty []
    • 1819, John Keats, Lamia:
      Jove heard his vows, and better'd his desire; For by some freakful chance he made retire From his companions
    • 1922, Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery, Lord Chatham: His Early Life and Connections:
      I am Alas for the freakful fate which plays with poor humanity and its concerns!
    • 2001, Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya, Vedic culture, page 44:
      If God's actions are of a fortuitous nature, however grand, however glorious, they reduce Him to a mere freakful entity