- menseful
- mense·ful
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menseful
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menseful — I Cleveland Dialect List of good and becoming conduct; decent appropriate, neat...of things: a menseful chap, enow II North Country (Newcastle) Words decent, graceful, mannerly, hospitable, crediable … English dialects glossary
Menseful — Mense Mense, n. [OE. menske, AS. mennisc human, man. See {Man}.] Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] {Mense ful}, a. {Mense less}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
menseful — fəl adjective dialect Britain : decorous, discreet, considerate; also : neat, tidy … Useful english dictionary
mense — menseful, adj. menseless, adj. /mens/, n., v., mensed, mensing. Brit. Dial. n. 1. propriety; discretion. v.t. 2. to adorn; bring honor to; grace. [1490 1500; var. (north) of mensk, ME menske courtesy, honor < ON menska humanity, c. OE menniscu… … Universalium
