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ghastful, gastful, a. Obs. or arch. (ˈgɑːstfʊl, -æ-) Forms: α. 4–8 gastful(l, 5–6 gasteful(l. β. 6–7 ghastfull, 6–9 ghastful. [f. gast v.1 + -ful.] 1. Full of fear, timid, scared.1388 Wyclif Deut. xx. 8 Who is a ferdful man and of gastful herte? 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (E.E.T.S.) 221 A...
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gashful
ˈgashful, a. Obs. exc. dial. [? alteration of ghastful, through association with gash n.1: cf. gash a.1 and gashly.] Ghastly.1620 Quarles Feast Wormes H ij, Prodigall up-banding of thine eyes, Whose gashfull balls doe seeme to pelt the skyes. 1621 ― Argalus & P. (1678) 4 His gashful countenance swar...
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Dinocephalosaurus
According to Li, this name refers to the "ghastful skull" of the holotype.
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▪ I. ghast, a. arch. or poet. (gɑːst, -æ-) [A back-formation from ghastful or ghastly.] = ghastly a.1622 Bp. Andrewes Serm., Of Repent. vi. (1631) 233 The looke of a wilde-beast..grimme and ghast. 1807 Byron Elegy Newstead Abb. xxi, There many a pale and ruthless robber's corse, Noisome and ghast, d...
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