quiverfuln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪvəfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪvərˌfʊl/

Forms: see quiver n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiver n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < quiver n.¹ + -ful suffix.

A. n.

1. As much or as many as a quiver can hold. Usually figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > quiver

quiver1600

quiverful1811

1811 Monthly Rev. 66 475 He has compiled such hoards of various erudition, and fabricated such quiverfuls of acute argument for every controverted topic, that [etc.].

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 100/2 But, Alick, in such a case you must not fire off a quiverfull of jokes at him, the unhappy.

1910 J. London Adventure (1911) xxii. 319 Long-hafted, slender, bone-barbed throwing-spears lay along the gunwale of the canoe, while a quiverful of arrows hung on each man's back.

1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 119 148 He was pre-eminently an organizer, and militancy was simply one of a quiverful of weapons.

1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 208 What is more, he was, interestingly enough, a writer, and one with a quiverful of credits to his name.

2. spec. A large number of offspring (with allusion to Psalm 127:5; cf. quiver n.¹ 1b).

ΚΠ

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. (U.S. ed.) Oct. 471/2 A nursery of brats—a whole quiverful, as Lamb says, ‘shot out’ upon you.

1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) i. xviii. 210 Women..who have ‘replenished the earth’ with many quiverfuls of offspring.

1890 Longman's Mag. July 298 She was surrounded by a quiverful of chubby-cheeked children.

1950 E. Waugh Let. 3 Aug. (1980) 335 I am not counting in your other god-child to make this my seventh... How much is a ‘quiverful’? Seven I think, or was it nine?

2002 Church Times 29 Nov. 11/3 Our ‘number four’ (to distinguish among our quiverful in the manner of a fellow-diarist) has been going to her new school for the best part of a term.

B. adj.

With allusion to Psalm 127:5: having a large number of children. rare.

ΚΠ

1869 Daily News 20 Mar. The quiverful and luckless Paterfamilias.

1932 Times 18 Nov. 8/3 Here are perfect family groups just looking virtuously domestic and quiverful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quiverful
释义	quiverfuln.adj. Brit. /ˈkwɪvəfʊl/, U.S. /ˈkwɪvərˌfʊl/ Forms: see quiver n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiver n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < quiver n.¹ + -ful suffix. A. n. 1. As much or as many as a quiver can hold. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > quiver quiver1600 quiverful1811 1811 Monthly Rev. 66 475 He has compiled such hoards of various erudition, and fabricated such quiverfuls of acute argument for every controverted topic, that [etc.]. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 100/2 But, Alick, in such a case you must not fire off a quiverfull of jokes at him, the unhappy. 1910 J. London Adventure (1911) xxii. 319 Long-hafted, slender, bone-barbed throwing-spears lay along the gunwale of the canoe, while a quiverful of arrows hung on each man's back. 1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 119 148 He was pre-eminently an organizer, and militancy was simply one of a quiverful of weapons. 1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 208 What is more, he was, interestingly enough, a writer, and one with a quiverful of credits to his name. 2. spec. A large number of offspring (with allusion to Psalm 127:5; cf. quiver n.¹ 1b). ΚΠ 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. (U.S. ed.) Oct. 471/2 A nursery of brats—a whole quiverful, as Lamb says, ‘shot out’ upon you. 1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) i. xviii. 210 Women..who have ‘replenished the earth’ with many quiverfuls of offspring. 1890 Longman's Mag. July 298 She was surrounded by a quiverful of chubby-cheeked children. 1950 E. Waugh Let. 3 Aug. (1980) 335 I am not counting in your other god-child to make this my seventh... How much is a ‘quiverful’? Seven I think, or was it nine? 2002 Church Times 29 Nov. 11/3 Our ‘number four’ (to distinguish among our quiverful in the manner of a fellow-diarist) has been going to her new school for the best part of a term. B. adj. With allusion to Psalm 127:5: having a large number of children. rare. ΚΠ 1869 Daily News 20 Mar. The quiverful and luckless Paterfamilias. 1932 Times 18 Nov. 8/3 Here are perfect family groups just looking virtuously domestic and quiverful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1811
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