- feckful
- feck·ful
English syllables. 2014.
feckful
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feckful — … Useful english dictionary
feckless — [16] From an etymological point of view, feckless is simply another way of saying ineffective. It originated in Scotland, where from the 15th century the local population economized on the pronunciation of effect, reducing it to feck (this… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
feckless — 1590s, from feck, effect, value, vigor (late 15c.), Scottish shortened form of EFFECT (Cf. effect); popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dialectal obscurity. Related: Fecklessly; fecklessness … Etymology dictionary
feckless — [16] From an etymological point of view, feckless is simply another way of saying ineffective. It originated in Scotland, where from the 15th century the local population economized on the pronunciation of effect, reducing it to feck (this… … Word origins
feckfully — adverb see feckful … Useful english dictionary
