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heavenful en · NOUN

Etymology

From heaven + -ful.

Meanings

1. skyful
   • And it was only when I had lain myself upon leaves for my bed, my head on my caftan, a rill for my lullaby, and two stars, which alone I could see out of the heavenful, for my watch-lights; and only when my eyes were already closed toward slumber, that a sudden strong thought pierced and woke me: for I remembered that Leda was the name of a Greek woman who had borne twins. 1901, M.P. Shiel, The Purple Cloud:
   • He saw a heavenful of stars for a moment, and then saw nothing for a long time. 1906, Perceval Gibbon, Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases:

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