deedful

English

Etymology

From deed (adjective) +‎ -ful.

Adjective

deedful (comparative more deedful, superlative most deedful)

1. (archaic) Full of good deeds.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “To—, after Reading a Life and Letters”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Chicago, Ill.: The Dominion Company, published 1897, →OCLC, page 300:

     But you have made the wiser choice, / A life that moves to gracious ends / Thro' troops of unrecording friends, / A deedful life, a silent voice: […]

References

• “deedful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.