feeleth

Experiences through touch

Feeleth is an archaic third-person singular form of feel, using the -eth ending that marked this conjugation in Early Modern English.

It appears in the King James Bible and similar texts: The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy, neither feeleth it.

Now used only for deliberate archaism or comic effect.

emotion

sadness

State of emotional pain

  • joyIntense positive emotion
  • sorrowDeep emotional distress
  • griefIntense sorrow from loss

love · anger · passion · melancholy · despair · elation · longing · yearning · anguish · bliss

archaic

knoweth

Archaic verb for comprehends

  • hathArchaic possessive verb
  • dothArchaic third-person singular
  • speakethSpeaks, King James style

heareth · believeth · loveth · hateth · suffereth · prayeth · saith · giveth · taketh · maketh

spiritual

soul

Innermost animating essence

presence · transcendence · faith · devotion · reverence · awe · holiness · communion · enlightenment · meditation

physical

toucheth

Archaic for contacts

pain · pleasure · softness · roughness · smoothness · pressure · weight · lightness · dampness · heat

Opposites
linguistic register/era

feelethfeels

Perceives or experiences

feel · senses · feeling · perceives · colloquial speech

perceptual mode

feelethknoweth

Archaic verb for comprehends

Phrases
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feeler, feelers

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