wombfuln.
/ˈwuːmfʊl/, U.S. /ˈwumˌfʊl/ 1. As much or as many as a womb can hold.
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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 part of body > stomach
wombfula1387
wombful?a1475
bellyful1580
stomachful1865
gutful1900
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 437 Sche leved þere thrittene dayes in flescheliche likyng, and hadde her wombeful, and went hir wey [L. impleto utero abscessit].
1914 H. Monroe You & I ix. 190 She spawns little seeds By the wombful.
1988 J. T. Hospital in Meanjin 47 60 She feels as though she is giving birth to a wombful of razor blades.
1989 K. Bosley tr. Kalevala xlv. 589 She produced nine sons..from one hard wombful.
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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 part of body > stomach
wombfula1387
wombful?a1475
bellyful1580
stomachful1865
gutful1900
?a1475 (a1400) Siege Jerusalem (Vesp.) (1932) l. 1076 (MED) Þey had nought in viii daies ones þeire womfull.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 13 July in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 7 The earth worme, who can never get his wombfull of clay.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 234 I would break the door & be in upon him, to get a wombfull of love; for I am an hungered & famished soul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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