Behooveful

/bɪˈhuːvfəl/ adjective

Definition

Beneficial, advantageous, or proper; worth doing or necessary.

Etymology

From 'behoove' plus '-ful' suffix (meaning full of or characterized by). This is an extremely rare formation that adds the standard English adjective-forming suffix to an archaic verb.

Kelly Says

This word barely exists even in historical texts—it's so obscure that it's almost a linguistic joke, yet it perfectly demonstrates English's ability to build new words by stacking productive morphemes.

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