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brimfull

brimfull is the obsolete spelling of brimful.

Meaning of brimful

Adjective

brimful (not comparable)

  1. Filled to maximum capacity.
    • So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...

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Questions about brimfull

What is brimfull the obsolete spelling of?
Brimfull is the obsolete spelling of brimful.

Words near brimfull in the dictionary

  1. Brimer
  2. Brimers
  3. Brimfield
  4. brimfire
  5. brimful
  6. brimfull
  7. brimfully
  8. brimfulness
  9. brimfuls
  10. Brimhall
  11. Brimhalls

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