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speechful

speechful adjective: voluble; loquacious.

Adjective

speechful (comparative more speechful, superlative most speechful)

  1. voluble; loquacious
    • He was never speechful, and grew more word-shy with years.
    • O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent […]1914, Thomas Hardy, "In Front of the Landscape"

Noun

speechful (plural speechfuls)

  1. The entire contents of a speech.
    • Or again, the Queen delivers a speechful of Gilbert's Fun-liners: "You never put gas pipes between your lips, / Or go to sea in secretary-ships. /. . ./ Or hang a picture in a frame of mind."1996, Jane W. Stedman, W.S. Gilbert: A Classic Victorian and His Theatre, page 57
    • The Kalevala was only once given a whole speechful of attention ( 1 886), while the memorial status of the home and municipality of Elias Lonnrot was presented twice (1883 & 1885).2006, Derek Fewster, Visions of Past Glory

Forms of speechful

Adjective
comparativemore speechful
superlativemost speechful
Noun
pluralspeechfuls

Origin of speechful

From Middle English specheful, spekeful, equivalent to speech + -ful.

From speech + -ful.

Words formed from speechful

Questions about speechful

What does speechful mean?
Speechful means voluble; loquacious.
What part of speech is speechful?
Speechful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near speechful in the dictionary

  1. speecher
  2. speechers
  3. speeches
  4. speeches from the throne
  5. speechfright
  6. speechful
  7. speechfulness
  8. speechfuls
  9. speechie
  10. speechies
  11. speechification

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