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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Useful; serviceable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Useful.

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  • adjective Useful; serviceable.

Etymologies

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From Middle English noteful, notful ("useful"), from note ("use, need"), from Old English notu ("use, enjoyment"), from Proto-Germanic *nutō, *nutjō, *nutan (“use, enjoyment”), from Proto-Indo-European *neud- (“to acquire, make use of”) + ful, equivalent to note +‎ -ful. Related to Old English nēotan ("to use, enjoy"), Old English nyttian ("to make use of, utilize"), Old English nytlīċ ("useful, profitable, beneficial").

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