English
fraudful
Fraudful comes from Middle English fraudful.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fraudful
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1722same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fraudful
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1722same form
Earliest quotation: a. 1722, Matthew Prior, Husband and Wife: “From this curſt hour, the fraudful dame / Of…”
Formed from fraud + -ful
Every English word from Middle English fraudful
Today it means
adj fraudulent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fraudful / fraudful