单词 | matterful |
释义 | matterfuladj. Now rare. Of a book, author, etc.: meaningful; full of ideas, facts, or significance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > factual or substantial matterful1815 factful1842 documentary1926 1815 C. Lamb Let. 16 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 140 From thence I turned to V[incent] Bourne—what a sweet unpretending pretty-mannered matter-ful creature. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 147 In sweet and matterful verse. 1887 Sat. Rev. 3 Sept. 337 The cheap little collection..called the ‘Bibliothèque utile’, seldom admits numbers which are not ‘matterful and factful’, as some singular people say. Derivatives ˈmatterfulness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > large or important > quality of matterfulness1883 1883–4 A. B. Grosart Nashe's Wks. I. Introd. 45 One is struck with their terseness and matterfulness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1815 |
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