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fireful

fireful adjective: fiery.

Adjective

fireful (comparative more fireful, superlative most fireful)

  1. (nonstandard, uncommon) Fiery
    • Then ſhall his fireful ſpirit melt, and
      The mild enjoyments it can never know; […]1808 May, T. Gent, “Poetic Sketches”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 78, page 428
    • I met a doctor rolling up
      His wild and fireful eyes,
      His lofty brow was clouded o'er
      With an impression wise;1901, Eugene Field, “We Are Seven”, in A Little Book of Tribune Verse, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 224

Forms of fireful

comparativemore fireful
superlativemost fireful

Origin of fireful

From fire + -ful.

Questions about fireful

What does fireful mean?
Fireful means fiery.
What part of speech is fireful?
Fireful is an adjective.

Words near fireful in the dictionary

  1. Firefoxer
  2. Firefoxers
  3. firefoxes
  4. firefront
  5. firefronts
  6. fireful
  7. firegrate
  8. firegrates
  9. fireground
  10. firegrounds
  11. fireguard

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