brimful en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/
Etymology
From brim + -ful.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Filled to maximum capacity.
And better still come back cried Sydney (how often she remembered that valediction later on!). And then she hovered, as blithe as a bee, about the doctor, beguiHug him into tales of when he and his Moll were young, and what a pretty woman she was, till by-and-by Mary came smiliug back, reporting her mother gone off looking better already, and an eloquent clasp of Sydney's fingers sent the girl away so brimful of contentment she could almost have cried for gratitude over her golden thousands.
1887, Alice Price, A Wilful Young Woman, Hurst and Blackett, pages 290-291:A still more recent New England production is the book of stories by Mary E. Wilkins, ‘‘A Humble Romance’’; vigorous work, brimful of human nature.
1972, Julia Ward Howe, Woman's Work in America, Arno Press, Henry Holt and Company, page 120:So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:“The volume is an exceedingly useful one, brimful with engineer's notes, memoranda, and rules, and well worthy of being on every mechanical engineer's bookshelf.” “Brimful of useful information, stated in a concise form, Mr. Hutton's books have met a pressing want among engineers. The book must prove extremely useful to every practical man possessing a copy.”
1890, George Edward Gee, The Silversmith's Handbook, Crosby Lockwood and Son, page 2:
Deriveds
brimfulness · overbrimful · brimfully
Synonyms
Translations (9)
ru до краёв (filled to overflowing) · enm bretful (filled to overflowing) · mi puhake (filled to overflowing) · mi pūhakehake (filled to overflowing) · ru дополна́ (filled to overflowing) · sv bräddfylld (filled to overflowing) · sv bräddfull (filled to overflowing) · tyz ăng ắc (filled to overflowing) · mi puhapuha (filled to overflowing)