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topful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɒpfʊl/

Etymology

From top + -ful.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Full to the top; full to the brim.
   • So topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company. 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:
   • Topful of direst cruelty. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

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