FIERCEFUL- DDs spelling homework, is it a real word or not?

[dooit]

Amongst other "ie"" words on DDs list is FIERCEFUL. This is not a word I've ever come across. Checked a couple of online dictionaries and can't find it. Would you tell the teacher she's rubbish or what?

Has your DD copied her spellings down from the whiteboard or something? If so, she could have made a mistake which the teacher didn't spot when/if they were checked.

If they have been typed out by an adult I am

Check the spelling/writing.

I corrected one that was hudge - I crossed out the d.

It turned out DD had meant nudge

It's on a printed sheet so it's not DDs mistake. Apparently DD (aged 9) challenged the teacher but was ignored!

It's in my Oxford dictionary.

It's not a word. Interestingly, if you google it now, your thread is the second hit (behind a link to an English-Croatian dictionary, which also says it's not a word).

I googled it and could not find a definition for it even though the word seems to appear several times.

Dd1 came with a homework math sheet with 75 multiplications/division to do in the shotest time possible, one was 9:0= I was a bit As I perfectly remember my math teacher telling me "" do not forget the 11th commendement: thou shall not divide by 0!""

kittybrown, what does it mean?

Kittybrown- I stand corrected, though it just sounds wrong.
I couldn't find it in an online dictionary either. Maybe I will send DS to school after all.

not a word.

tis not in my oxford.

fierce, fiercer, fiercest,fiercely, fierceness.

not a single fierceful to be found...

if this is a word, i will eat my hat, burn my first in english, and throw darts at my masters.

gorionine - It says full of fierceness, ferocious ,savage

We've got the compact one with 9 pages of the the 20 volumes on each page. Useful for scrabble but time consuming!

Thanks, I really had never heard that word before.
I think I need to go for a more recent copy of the Oxford dictionay

I agree there probably are instances where you could use 'fierceful' but most readers would think it was a made up word

Forceful - obviously a genuine word
Fierceful - stooopid

Similar experiences with my kids teachers are part of the reason I home educate my own

Get chewing madwoman! You'd think the online dictionary would be up to date wouldn't you? Perhaps I'll not say anything to teach then! Thanks ladies.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

I have just asked this websiteAsk Oxford - it is quite happy to give definitions of other words, but wont acknowledge 'fierceful'

Funnily enough it doesnt recognise 'cromulent' either

But whether it's a real word or not, it's not a word many people are going to have the need to spell very often. It's a very bizarre choice - and it's not as if there's a shortage of tricky words around. All very odd.

I did that too Laura.

Not in my dictionary but did come across 'Jesus freak' as an entry while I flicked to the right page.

You can have my first in English and both of my masters madwoman, since having dd I can't remember where I put my socks. They're worthless.

Even if it is a real word, one in normal usage such as fiercely or fierceness would have been a much more appropriate choice.

gorione, maybe that maths was to flush out kids who were cheating and using calculators

I have just checked with a friend who has access to the OED (all 20 volumes of it online) - how sad am I? and this is what he reports:

yes, it's in, but is listed as 'obsolete' and 'rare'.
The editors could find only one example of it in literature, which was in The historie of foure-footed beastes from 1607.

And yes, in your shoes, Dooit, I would challenge the teacher!! Maybe along the lines, "My, you are looking very good for your age!! Even if this was in common usage in your youth, that would still make you around 400 years old!!"

fierceful

snort

Beware fierceful dog

lol dooit, mine are fairly old and worthless hence not too concerned about the dart holes...

i'm loving that the only recognised usage was a 1607 text about foure-footed beastes... i'm assuming the 'four' and 'beasts' don't feature on the spellings list?

i may have to reintroduce the worde into everyday conversation... it may prove apt for some of the kindergarten class...