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bookful en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From book + -ful.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
   • The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head. 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, section XXXV:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more bookful	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most bookful	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

bookful en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From book + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as a book holds.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
booksful	Number=Plur		lexicographic
bookfuls	Number=Plur		lexicographic