desertfuladj.1
/dɪˈzəːtfʊl/ ? Obsolete.
Of great desert; meritorious, deserving. Const. of.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) > deserving by merit
worthyOE
worthc1175
well worthyc1390
well-deserving1545
deserving1576
desertful1583
desertive1596
deserveda1616
well-deserveda1616
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxxxiv. 518 To shewe that God is beholden to vs, that our workes are desertfull.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) v. vi. 55 Till I be more desertful in your eye.
1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iv. sig. H Therein he shewes himselfe desertfull of his happinesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† desertfuladj.2
Obsolete. rare.
Desert, desolate.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > not
unbiggedc1175
desert1297
void1338
desolatec1374
unhabited1490
inhabitable?1529
disinhabit1530
depopulate1531
uninhabita1540
unpeopled1547
undwelta1557
uninhabited1571
dishabited1577
dispeopled1577
unhabit1580
disinhabited1600
desertful1601
unmanned1609
inhabited1614
peopleless1621
deserted1629
depopulated1632
unhabitated1648
unseated1662
desolated1693
unpopulous1715
unsettled1724
unpopulated1776
bandless1862
populationless1885
unlived-in1927
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 21 Enuie go packe thee..To some desertfull plaine or Wildernesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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