yearful

yearful noun: the amount that occurs in a year; a year's worth (of something).

Noun

yearful (plural yearfuls or yearsful)

The amount that occurs in a year; a year's worth (of something).
- He had three yearsful of news to relate and in it all not a word of discouragement, but enthusiasm for what has already been done and plans for what is yet to be done.1904, The Congregationalist and Christian World, page 882
- This is what I have been saying in these eight and twenty volumes of collected works and in this yearful of newspaper articles, and after a rest it is quite possible I shall go on saying it some more.1924, H. G. Wells, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

yearful (comparative more yearful, superlative most yearful)

(rare) Full of years; elderly; aged.
- […] but into the quiet haunts of the yearful ones ye cannot as yet hope for admission.1907, The Nation, volume 1, page 929
- […] an encampment of these Sioux, com posed of nearly two hundred persons, of both sexes, and of different ages, from the yearful father of the chief, to his small grand-child, a pappoose of tender years.1910, Harry H. Green, The Recognition of Jesse Badleigh, page 106

From year + -ful.

From year + -ful. Compare Dutch bejaard (“having many years, elderly, aged”).

What does yearful mean?: Yearful means the amount that occurs in a year; a year's worth (of something).
What part of speech is yearful?: Yearful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of yearful?: The plural of yearful is yearfuls.

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