menseful
- a word derived from mense.
Example Sentences
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You used to like me; and you always seemed A menseful body: and I lippened to you.
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
But you see he's succeeded; he's the earl now, and Lord Liftore -- and a menseful, broad shouldered man to the boot of the bargain.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
They mind what's menseful same as fowks do.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
Wha's she?" he said, turning to his host; and, when he had been told, "Ay," says he, "she looks menseful.
From Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Take the following as examples: "Fwok sud aye be menseful, an' menseful amang fwok."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
