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calorie-ful

calorie-ful adjective: full of calories.

Adjective

calorie-ful (comparative more calorie-ful, superlative most calorie-ful)

  1. Full of calories.
    • From the viewpoint of a typical frosh student straight from the battlefield of life I think it’s rather ridiculous and old-maidish to take a gorgeous looking gal to the dance, wear yourself out for her sake, take her to Wingets for a luscious, “calory-ful” malt and then leave her alone and forsaken...1946 May 3, “Letters To The Editor”, in The Frosh Fantasy, Utah State Agricultural College, page two
    • Combined with melted marshmallows and whipped cream, it’s both calory-ful and colorful—so make the servings dainty, she warns.1956 October 25, Betty Bushman, “Mrs. Russell Johansen Gives Favorite Coffee Time Recipes Including Christmas Cookies”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, 100th year, number 253, Santa Cruz, Calif., page 16

Examples of calorie-ful in a sentence

  • Duke has hearty, calorie-ful eating on this pie.1960 February 11, Josephine Moody, “Reader’s Question Answered From 1891 Whitehouse Cookbook”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume XCII...
  • One of the least calorie-ful methods of preparing chicken is to stew it, remembering that the older and bigger the bird the higher the fat content.1964 August, Leonard Louis Levinson, “Chicken and Turkey”, in The Complete Book of Low Calorie Cooking, new and revised edition, New York...
  • Here’s a rich (and calorie-ful!) candy that stars with a penuche fudge mix.1965 April 14, “Pralines”, in The Journal-News, volume 75, number 288, Nyack, N.Y., page 16:
  • Rich sauces aren’t as calorie-ful as they seem if this type milk is used instead of cream.1967 February 16, “Popular Egg Recipe Has New Twist”, in The Oregon Statesman, 116th year, number 326, Salem, Ore., page 25:

Forms of calorie-ful

comparativemore calorie-ful
superlativemost calorie-ful
alternative formcalorieful

Origin of calorie-ful

From calorie + -ful.

Questions about calorie-ful

What does calorie-ful mean?
Calorie-ful means full of calories.
How do you use calorie-ful in a sentence?
Duke has hearty, calorie-ful eating on this pie.
What part of speech is calorie-ful?
Calorie-ful is an adjective.

Words near calorie-ful in the dictionary

  1. calorie bomb
  2. calorie bombs
  3. calorie deficit
  4. calorie deficits
  5. calorie-conscious
  6. calorie-ful
  7. calorie-restricted
  8. calorieful
  9. calorieless
  10. calories
  11. calorifacient

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