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leaful

leaful adjective: full of faith; believing.

Adjective

leaful (comparative more leaful, superlative most leaful)

  1. (obsolete) Full of faith; believing.
  2. (Scotland, archaic, dialectal) Faithful.

Forms of leaful

comparativemore leaful
superlativemost leaful
alternative formleafful

Origin of leaful

From Middle English leful, lefful, leafful, from Old English lēaffull, ġelēafful (“full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful”), equivalent to leave + -ful. Cognate with Scots leful, levefull (“right, permissible, legal, just”).

Questions about leaful

What does leaful mean?
Leaful means full of faith; believing.
What part of speech is leaful?
Leaful is an adjective.

Words near leaful in the dictionary

  1. leaftiers
  2. leaftosser
  3. leaftossers
  4. leaftruck
  5. leaftrucks
  6. leaful
  7. leafule
  8. leafules
  9. leafwing
  10. leafwings
  11. leafwise

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