reˈmissful, a. rare.
[f. remiss v. or a.]
† 1. Full of remission; merciful. Obs. rare—1.
| 1603 Drayton Bar. Wars i. xi, As though the heauens, in their remisfull doome, Tooke those best lou'd, from worser daies to come. |
2. Full of remissness; careless, negligent.
| 1836 Tait's Mag. III. 569 Taking up a vial of physic from the table, he tapped his remissful patient on the shoulder. 1892 Field 3 Dec. 880/1 The outlay for road repair under such remissful management. |