gustful

adj

Etymology

From gust + -ful.

  1. derived from *ǵʰew-
  2. derived from *gustiz
  3. derived from gustr — “a gust, blast
  4. inherited from *gust
  5. suffixed as gustful — “gust + ful

Definitions

  1. gusty

    • [T]hey sat / Beneath a world-old yew-tree, darkening half / The cloisters, on a gustful April morn / That puff'd the swaying branches into smoke / Above them, […]
  2. tasty

    tasty; good-tasting

    • The said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long.
  3. An amount carried in a gust.

    • The wind, ruffling up the lane, drove a gustful of loose sand against her like spray, and bore in the hollow boom of breaking waves, which seemed to take her breath.

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