lifefuln.
/ˈlʌɪff(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌfəl/ An amount that is, or as many as are, sufficient to fill a lifetime. Frequently with indefinite article and of.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things > specific immaterial things
soulful1637
yearful1852
lifeful1860
1860 Ecclesiastic 22 337 A train of thought which might well expand into a volume of reasoning, and a lifeful of practical holiness.
1865 R. D. Blackmore in Macmillan's Mag. May 488/1 And now he was to smoke there—he, a mere bubble-blowing boy, to smoke in the middle of deepest books, to fumigate a manuscript containing a lifeful of learning.
1938 Southtown Economist (Chicago) 8 Sept. 1/2 Alice managed to relate the story of her sister-in-law and best friend, a young girl who had packed a lifeful of living into her brief 22 years.
2002 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 3 Feb. Before you go on to face a lifeful of challenges: Do you want this guy watching your back?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lifefuladj.
/ˈlʌɪff(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌfəl/ Full of life; having much vitality or animation; that gives or bestows life or vitality.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > full of life
lifefulc1225
greena1522
high-lifed1859
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) l. 832 (MED) Sone se ich awei warp ower witlese lei, & leornede & luuede þe liffule [v.r. lifful] leaue of hali chirche.
1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 199 We pray to have the daily meat..to be made lifeful and healthful to us.
1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion vii. sig. G7 Let thy liful heat not feruent be.
1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. B 2 Tiberio's life-full eyes and well fild vaines.
1737 London Mag. Feb. 96/2 Impel the chace, pursie the flying hare, And drink deep coolling draughts of lifeful air.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 39 A colour grew Upon his cheek, while thus he lifeful spake.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 108 Nothing is too lifeful for sculpture, if so be it be beautiful.
1925 Jrnl. Social Forces 3 707/2 (advt.) Ugly, kinky, scanty hair can be easily and quickly made to grow into lifeful, luxuriant abundance.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July iv. 10/5 The deworming drugs decreased school absenteeism by a quarter. ‘Pupils who had been miserable now became active and lifeful,’ said a schoolteacher.
Derivatives
ˈlifefully adv.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > full of life
lifefullya1470
a1470 J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicitia (1481) sig. d8 In theyr children nature hath lyeffully emprynted..the same.
1864 C. Clive John Greswold II. 179 The..garb which had been worn so lifefully in the morning.
2000 Callaloo 23 155 You hold him and breathe it in, inhale it lifefully, knowing that for once you do not mind it.
ˈlifefulness n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness
jollinessc1386
liveliheadc1425
quicknessc1425
vyfnes1475
ramagec1485
couragea1498
liveliness1534
spritec1540
livelihood1566
life1583
sprightliness1599
sprightfulness1602
ruach1606
sprightiness1607
sparkle1611
airiness1628
vivacy1637
spiritfulness1644
spirit1651
vivacity1652
spiritedness1654
brightness1660
sprightness1660
ramageness1686
race1690
friskiness1727
spirituousness1727
vivaciousness1727
brio1731
raciness1759
phlogiston1789
animation1791
lifefulness1829
pepper-and-salt1842
corkiness1845
aliveness1853
vitality1858
music1859
virtu1876
liveness1890
zippiness1907
bounce1909
zing1917
radioactivity1922
oomph1937
pizzazz1937
zinginess1938
hep1946
vavoom1962
welly1977
masala1986
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun]
jollinessc1386
liveliheadc1425
quicknessc1425
vyfnes1475
couragea1498
liveliness1534
livelihood1566
life1583
sprightliness1599
sprightfulness1602
sprightiness1607
airiness1628
vivacy1637
spirit1651
vivacity1651
spiritedness1654
brightness1660
friskiness1727
spirituousness1727
vivaciousness1727
animoseness1730
brio1731
animation1791
lifefulness1829
corkiness1845
1829 C. MacFarlane Constantinople in 1828 xxiv. 390 The fortuitous course of human events..cannot obscure the lifefulness, the brilliancy, the transparency of that sky.
1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings iii. 54 Human hope and lifefulness.
2004 Buddhist-Christian Stud. 24 59 The meditation is also metaphysical, for it affirms that the world is a vast web not just of life but of a lifefulness and compassion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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