mighty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very strong, large, or powerful.

   The mighty river carved a deep valley through the rock.

2. 2
   adj

   Done with great force or power.

   With one mighty blow, he split the log in two.

3. 3
   adv

   Very (informal, common in the southern United States).

   That's a mighty fine guitar you've got there.

From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.

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