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spiritful

spiritful adjective: full of spirit; spirited.

Adjective

spiritful (comparative more spiritful, superlative most spiritful)

  1. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
    • Miss Howe is a charming creature too; but confoundedly smart, and spiritful.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Forms of spiritful

comparativemore spiritful
superlativemost spiritful

Origin of spiritful

From spirit + -ful.

Questions about spiritful

What does spiritful mean?
Spiritful means full of spirit; spirited.
What part of speech is spiritful?
Spiritful is an adjective.

Words near spiritful in the dictionary

  1. spiriter
  2. spiriters
  3. spiritess
  4. spiritesses
  5. spiriteth
  6. spiritful
  7. spiritfully
  8. spiritfulness
  9. spirithood
  10. spiritic
  11. spiriting

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