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purrful

purrful adjective: tending to or actively purring.

Adjective

purrful (comparative more purrful, superlative most purrful)

  1. Tending to or actively purring.
    • 8 months old, tortoise-shell coloring, have had shots, been spayed; one is forward, friendly, purrful, other is shy, withdrawn.1979 April 28, Lester, “Two Lesbian Sister Cats (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 22

Forms of purrful

comparativemore purrful
superlativemost purrful

Origin of purrful

From purr + -ful.

Questions about purrful

What does purrful mean?
Purrful means tending to or actively purring.
What part of speech is purrful?
Purrful is an adjective.

Words near purrful in the dictionary

  1. purrer
  2. purrers
  3. purres
  4. purrfect
  5. purrfectly
  6. purrful
  7. purrier
  8. purriest
  9. purring
  10. purringly
  11. purrings

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