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herdful

herdful adjective: rich in herds (of cattle etc.).

Adjective

herdful (comparative more herdful, superlative most herdful)

  1. (obsolete) Rich in herds (of cattle etc.).
    • […] Spoiled of Orgallia's green domain, of wide Tir-Owen's woods, / Of high Tir-Conal's herdful hills and fishy-teeming floods; / Of all the warm vales, rich in goods of glebe-manuring men, / That bask against the morning sun along the Royal Glen.1872, Samuel Ferguson, Congal: A Poem, in Five Books, Dublin: Edward Ponsonby, page 17

Noun

herdful

  1. The amount that constitutes a herd.
    • In addition to decreasing your odds of being the unlucky item on the big cat's menu, being in a herd also means that you can find out about impending danger much sooner than you would if you were alone. After all, a herdful of eyes is better than one measly pair.2005, Audrey Pavia, Janice Posnikoff, “Understanding Horses from Head to Hoof”, in Horses For Dummies, 2nd edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 28

Forms of herdful

comparativemore herdful
superlativemost herdful

Origin of herdful

From herd + -ful (adjective-forming suffix).

From herd + -ful (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about herdful

What does herdful mean?
Herdful means rich in herds (of cattle etc.).
What part of speech is herdful?
Herdful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near herdful in the dictionary

  1. herderite
  2. Herdern
  3. herders
  4. herdess
  5. herdesses
  6. herdful
  7. herdgroom
  8. herdgrooms
  9. herdic
  10. herdics
  11. herdin'

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