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Fitful

//ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures). obsolete

    "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. 2
    Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady. broadly

    "His breathing was fitful."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intermittently stopping and starting wordnet
  2. 2
    occurring in spells and often abruptly wordnet

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).

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