Contextualizebeta

fitful

adj
/ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l/UK/ˈfɪtf(ə)l/US

Etymology

From fit (“convulsion, seizure; sudden burst of activity”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).

  1. derived from figo
  2. inherited from fitt
  3. inherited from fit
  4. suffixed as fitful — “fit + ful”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures).

    • Duncane is in his Graue: After Lifes fitfull Feuer, he ſleepes well, Treaſon ha's done his worſt: not Steele, not Poyſon, Mallice domeſtique, forraine Leuie, nothing, Can touch him further.

  2. Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between

    Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.

    • His breathing was fitful.
    • Troubled by her unfinished work, she fell into a fitful sleep.

The neighborhood

Derived

fitfully, fitfulness, unfitful

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fitful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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