lookful
lookful adjective: looking carefully; observant.
Adjective
lookful (comparative more lookful, superlative most lookful)
- Looking carefully; observant.
- Then immediately were my shape and my mental-faculties distored, and horn-furnished, as ye see, I with frantic speed, by the sharp-mouthed gadfly stung, rushed to the thirst-assuaging stream of Cenchréa, and the fountain of Lérna—whilst the Earth-born herdsman Argos, zealous in anger, followed me...1823, Aeschylus, The Prometheus Chained, page 52
- The lookful page is watching with its seeds of extra time; as a mother sowed the cosmos, so the page — as a shadow sews a pocket.2009, Brenda Hillman, Practical Water, page 98
- Attractive; nice to look at.
- His girls on this occasion look no more lookful than those in the average musical show.1928, The Judge - Volume 95, page 72
Noun
lookful (plural lookfuls or looksful)
- As much as can be seen in one look.
- Quickly on the trapdoor, so that his despairing blindfold, nuzzling the new room avidly for a last lookful of life, might not through linen see one detail.1983, T. H. White, The Maharajah and Other Stories, page 134
Forms of lookful
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more lookful |
| superlative | most lookful |
| Noun | |
| plural | lookfuls |
| plural | looksful |
Origin of lookful
From look + -ful.
Questions about lookful
- What does lookful mean?
- Lookful means looking carefully; observant.
- What part of speech is lookful?
- Lookful can be an adjective or a noun.
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