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springful

springful adjective: pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.

Adjective

springful (comparative more springful, superlative most springful)

  1. Pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.
    • ...as when the warm southwest wind comes up breathing kindness from the sea, unheralded, suspected, when the earth is in her saddest frost, and on the instant all the lands are thawed and opened to the genial influences of a sweet springful whisper— so thawed his heart, and the seed which had lain...1913, Samuel Butler, The fair haven, page 50
    • The vivid disarray that woodlands feel As trim dead Winter steals away On the first warm springful day.1941, J. A. Chadwick, Poems, by Arjava, page 125

Noun

springful (plural springfuls or springsful)

  1. As much as lasts or is produced in the spring.
    • A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October.1944, Dylan Thomas, Poem in October
    • The palanquin was at once love's veena and a creeper shining with a springful of flowers;1954, Tambimuttu, India love poems: selected and with an essay on woman in India, page 91
  2. As much as flows in a spring (of water).
    • The dipping of a spoon into a springful of water.1977, Robert Peters, Gauguin's chair: selected poems, 1967-1974, page 29

Examples of springful in a sentence

  • Amidst a springful sunny bliss Nor you, nor I, none else, Only the pigeons shining.1969, Nandagopāla Senagupta, A Book of Bengali Verse from 10th to 20th Century, page 96:
  • Amidst a world whistling Not with summery wind But radiating a springful Of deathly atoms.1970, Afro-Asian Writings - Issue 5, page 29:

Forms of springful

Adjective
comparativemore springful
superlativemost springful
Noun
pluralspringfuls
pluralspringsful

Origin of springful

From spring + -ful.

Questions about springful

What does springful mean?
Springful means pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.
How do you use springful in a sentence?
Amidst a springful sunny bliss Nor you, nor I, none else, Only the pigeons shining.
What part of speech is springful?
Springful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near springful in the dictionary

  1. Springfieldites
  2. springfish
  3. Springfontein
  4. springform
  5. springforms
  6. springful
  7. springfuls
  8. springhaas
  9. springhalt
  10. Springham
  11. Springhams

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