Middle English Dictionary Entry
grāceful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | grāceful adj. |
| Etymology | From grāce . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Theol. Full of grace, conveying grace; (b) pleasant, sweet.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)52 : Founteyn of fulnesse..Some drope of thi graceful dew to us propyne.
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)254 : Þes arne þe graceful [vr. gracius] giftes of þe holy goste.
b
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)66 : The seid reeding was to hem so graceful and so delectable..it fil into her conceit..that God had mad..the Bible to mennis bihoue.