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beadful

adj

Etymology

From Middle English bedeful, equivalent to bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) + -ful.

  1. inherited from bedeful

Definitions

  1. Prayerful.

  2. Full of or having beads

    Full of or having beads; beaded

    • Choice lay between the red and green pillow with the beadwork dog, and the thinner patchwork one with written names scrawling over it; and the beadful dog won out.

  3. The amount contained in a bead

    • This "beadful" of fluid caused eventual peeling of the paint.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA