Desertful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill a desert.

    "I ought to have been a naturalised burgher of a year's standing; but Ohio's my State, and I wouldn't have gone back on her for a desertful of Dutchmen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deserving; meritorious obsolete

Synonyms

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decorousproperrighteousvirtuous

Example

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"I ought to have been a naturalised burgher of a year's standing; but Ohio's my State, and I wouldn't have gone back on her for a desertful of Dutchmen."

Etymology

From desert + -ful.

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