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batful

batful adjective: rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.

Adjective

batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
    • The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]1612, Michael Drayton, “Song 3”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great...
    Synonyms:
    batten, battle

Synonyms of batful

Forms of batful

comparativemore batful
superlativemost batful
alternative form (obsolete)batfull

Origin of batful

From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).

Questions about batful

What does batful mean?
Batful means rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
What part of speech is batful?
Batful is an adjective.

Words near batful in the dictionary

  1. batfolder
  2. Batford
  3. batfowler
  4. batfowlers
  5. batfowling
  6. batful
  7. batgirl
  8. batgirls
  9. bath
  10. Bath and North East Somerset
  11. bath balm

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