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partyful en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From party + -ful.

Meanings

  1. As much as makes up a party.
    • A woo session on a public scale can leave everybody feeling pretty cheap, thinking back on it. So — the answer is to dream up a partyful of livelier pursuits. 1953, Farm Journal - Volume 77, page 138:
    • Once he had suggested to her that she ought to paste a partyful of her friends onto a collage and call it “The Death of FDR,” and when she had simply nodded, said, “Fair enough,” he was sure she knew as well as he how deeply she had chosen to commit herself to the impossibilities her collections represented. 2014, R. V. Cassill, The Father: And Other Stories:
    • She didn't fancy having to deal with two recalcitrant, and quite possibly drunken, teenagers on her own, let alone a whole partyful. 2015, Susan Napier, A Passionate Proposition:
    • This is not because I am a huge fan of the cute – you know that – but because it means you have a tiramisu worth making for fewer people (you don't need a partyful), and in less time. 2012, Nigella Lawson, Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration:

Forms

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partyfuls Number=Plur lexicographic

partyful en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From party + -ful.

Meanings

  1. Inclined towards or having parties.
    • Pakistan looks like experimenting with a partyful democracy at one time and with a partyless 'facade democracy' at another. 1991, J. C. Johari, Governments and politics of South Asia, page 316:
    • Combined with the constant angry fried-egg sun, it made people sort of thirsty and partyful I guess. 2008, Liselotte Erdrich, Night Train: Stories, page 58:

Forms

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more partyful Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most partyful Degree=Sup lexicographic