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feastful en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From feast + -ful (adjectival suffix).

Meanings

  1. Festive; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.
    • feastful rites

Forms

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more feastful Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most feastful Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

feastfully

feastful en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From feast + -ful (nominal suffix).

Meanings

  1. Enough for a feast.
    • Now they were on their way home, one bitter for not being able to bag a sure feastful of pork, the other holding his side in apparent pain. 1977, Fernando C. Trecero, Grandfather's Incredible Tales, page 29:
  2. A wide selection.
    • The room is a feastful of firework light, tinsel weeds. 1986, Alan Moore, Opia, page 19:
    • All worthwhile games have a feastful of elaborations. 1998, Peter Greenaway, 100 Allegories to Represent the World, page 237:

Forms

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feastfuls Number=Plur lexicographic