regardful

English

Etymology

From regard +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡɑːdfʊl/

Adjective

regardful (comparative more regardful, superlative most regardful)

1. Respectful. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the affection of fathers to their children”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 231:

     I […] take care for the generall, to have a regardfull reſpect of that which you leave behind you.

2. (now rare) Watchful, observant. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 100:

     And euermore, when with regardfull ſight / She looking backe, eſpies that grieſly wight / Approching nigh, ſhe gins to mend her pace […].