† reversefuladj.
Obsolete.
Full of reversals or vicissitudes.
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vicissitudinary1624
reverseful1788
vicissitudinous1846
vicissitous1865
1788 Specimens Serm. & Prayers 24 Contemplate then..this sad reverseful history, and be awake to the uncertainty of your condition.
1832 Q. Rev. 47 521 Some chorus of immortals filling up every pause in a reverseful drama.
1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica iv. 39 He died from poison in 1538 at Pesaro, whither he had retired after a reverseful life and reign.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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- scapespring
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- scapetyburn
- scapewheel
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- scaphismus
- scaphite
- scapho
- scapho-
- scapho-calcaneal
- scapho-cuboid
- scapho-cuneiform
- scapho-lunar
- scapho-trapezium
- scaphocalcaneal
- scaphocephalic
- scaphocephalies
- scaphocephalism
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- scaphocephalus
- scaphocephaly
- scaphocephalyes