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idleful

idleful adjective: idle.

Adjective

idleful (comparative more idleful, superlative most idleful)

  1. (obsolete) idle
    • […] Gives to his wife youth, opportunity, / Keeps her in idleful deliciousness, […]1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn

Forms of idleful

comparativemore idleful
superlativemost idleful

Origin of idleful

From idle + -ful.

Questions about idleful

What does idleful mean?
Idleful means idle.
What part of speech is idleful?
Idleful is an adjective.

Words near idleful in the dictionary

  1. idle wheel
  2. idle wheels
  3. idleby
  4. idled
  5. idledom
  6. idleful
  7. idlehead
  8. idleheaded
  9. idleheads
  10. idlehood
  11. idlely

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