Gameful
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A quantity found in a game.
"I LOVE MY ANTEATER WITH AN A and everything else absurd, bewitching, exotic, and zoo-phile-ic from A to Z in a gameful of laughter."
- 1 Full of game (prey for a hunter). archaic
"For warlike Toil he leaves the gameful Wood, / And fleſht his Courage firſt in Saxon Blood."
- 2 Characteristic of prey; game-like.
"As such they not only made them the sport of the pulpit, which was become but a more solemn sort of stage; but every stage, and every table, and every puppet play, belched forth profane scoffs upon them; the drunkards made them their songs; all fiddlers and mimics learned to abuse them, as finding its most gameful way of fooling."
- 3 Having the characteristics of a game that can be played.
"Then time shall never grieve me, for by that vow, E'en absent I enjoy her, assuredly confirmed that none Else shall, which will make tedious years seem gameful To me."
- 4 Pertaining to games.
"How can gameful designers incorporate meaningful, relevant realworld application into their gamified learning experiences?"
Synonyms
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More examples"For warlike Toil he leaves the gameful Wood, / And fleſht his Courage firſt in Saxon Blood."
Etymology
From Middle English gameful, gamful; equivalent to game + -ful.
From game + -ful.
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