showerful
showerful adjective: full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
Adjective
showerful (comparative more showerful, superlative most showerful)
- Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
- The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent, And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring Stared at the spate.1872, Alfred Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette
- Why so woe-begone ? and why, Philaenis, these reckless tearings of hair, and suffusion of showerful eyes ?1938, John William Mackail, Select epigrams from the Greek anthology, page 24
Noun
showerful (plural showerfuls or showersful)
- A quantity that falls in a shower.
- Enlil hates me and I can no longer dwell among you, can no longer set my footsteps on the soil that is Enlils; but if I go down into the Apsu, dwelling with my lord Ea, then will Enlil send you showerfuls, raining down abundance on you.1970, D. W.Thomas, Documents from Old Testament times, page 21
- After the first showerful of earth was flung in over the victims, the infant Patsy stirred his feeble hand slightly.1980, Sean Henry, Tales from the West of Ireland, page 35
Forms of showerful
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more showerful |
| superlative | most showerful |
| Noun | |
| plural | showerfuls |
| plural | showersful |
Origin of showerful
From shower + -ful. Likely coined by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
From shower + -ful.
Questions about showerful
- What does showerful mean?
- Showerful means full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
- What part of speech is showerful?
- Showerful can be an adjective or a noun.
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