Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding or overflowing with milk; fertile; fruitful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Full of milk; abounding with food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic, poetic Full of
milk ; abounding withfood .
Etymologies
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milk + -ful
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Examples
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The seasons were right tranquil; the earth brought forth its fruit; fishful its river-mouths; milkful the kine; heavy-headed the woods. "[
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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