| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Portentous; ominous.[Websters]
2. Being ominous or portentous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being sinister, inauspicious, ill-omened or baleful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being black or dark. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb bodefully.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (bodefully) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective bodeful.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BODEFUL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
