searchful en · ADJ
Etymology
From search + -ful.
Meanings
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(archaic) Characterized by searching; active in searching; inquisitive.
Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]
1729, Richard Savage, The Wanderer: A Poem. In Five Canto’s, London: Printed for J. Walthoe, canto I, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more searchful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most searchful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |