costful
English
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Expensive; sumptuous
- Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English costful (fraught with hardship) suffix from English cost (way, manner).
Origin
English
cost
Gloss
way, manner
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Cognates and derived terms
- aftercost English
- contingency cost English
- cost English
- costable English
- costest English
- costeth English
- costfully English
- costless English
- costly English
- costning English
- costworthy English
- isocost English
- miscost English
- needs-cost English
- oncost English
- overcost English
- recost English
- costen German
- コスト Japanese
- コストパフォーマンス Japanese
- costen Middle English
- costful Middle English
- costfully Middle English
- cost Welsh
- kos Tok Pisin
- kostim Tok Pisin