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showful

showful adjective: showy; gaudy.

Adjective

showful (comparative more showful, superlative most showful)

  1. (archaic) showy; gaudy
    • […] rampant, useless growth, and mere showful foliage.1892, The Canadian Horticulturist, volume 15, page 227

Noun

showful (plural showfuls or showsful)

  1. Enough to fill a show.
    • I can paint a showful of pictures here in six months.1941, John Collier, Presenting Moonshine
    • There's a merry assortment of two- and four- legged creatures in it and a showful of canine capers sure to retrieve your buried funny bone.1967, The New York Times Book Review - Volume 72, page 88

Forms of showful

Adjective
comparativemore showful
superlativemost showful
Noun
pluralshowfuls
pluralshowsful

Origin of showful

From show + -ful.

Questions about showful

What does showful mean?
Showful means showy; gaudy.
What part of speech is showful?
Showful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near showful in the dictionary

  1. showfields
  2. showfloor
  3. showfloors
  4. showfolk
  5. showfolks
  6. showful
  7. showfuls
  8. showgirl
  9. showgirlish
  10. showgirls
  11. showgoer

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