costful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Expensive; sumptuous.
  2. Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly.

Word forms

costful more costful most costful

Etymology

From Middle English costful, equivalent to cost + -ful. Perhaps influenced by Middle English costful (“fraught with hardship”), a different word.

Derived words

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