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pithful

pithful adjective: full of pith.

Adjective

pithful (comparative more pithful, superlative most pithful)

  1. Full of pith.
    • For as in tracing / Theſe pithfull Ruſhes, ſuch as are aloft, / By thoſe that rais'd them preſently are brought / Beneath vnſeene: […]1616, William Browne, “The Fifth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 128

Forms of pithful

comparativemore pithful
superlativemost pithful

Origin of pithful

From pith + -ful.

Questions about pithful

What does pithful mean?
Pithful means full of pith.
What part of speech is pithful?
Pithful is an adjective.

Words near pithful in the dictionary

  1. pithecophobia
  2. pithed
  3. Pither
  4. Pithers
  5. pithes
  6. pithful
  7. pithiatic
  8. pithiatism
  9. pithiatisms
  10. Pithie
  11. pithier

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