Foodful
//ˈfuːdfəl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Supplying food. dated
"[…] Athens the fair, where great Erectheus ſway'd, / That ow'd his Nurture to the blue-ey'd Maid, / But from the teeming Furrow took his Birth, / The mighty Offspring of the foodful Earth."
Example
More examples"[…] Athens the fair, where great Erectheus ſway'd, / That ow'd his Nurture to the blue-ey'd Maid, / But from the teeming Furrow took his Birth, / The mighty Offspring of the foodful Earth."
Etymology
From food + -ful.
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