DEVICEFUL

Etymology

Adjective

deviceful (comparative more deviceful, superlative most deviceful)

(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.

A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread.

Source: Wiktionary


De*vice"ful, a.

Definition: Full of devices; inventive. [R.] A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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