Hourful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to last an hour.

    "The silver tufts of grass have fed the air with hourfuls of mealy ferine smells and hot-backed buzzards, eagles and vultures must have chased their murderous shadows through the bush"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of hours; time-consuming.

    "And all I did was Moan and rise and moan And fall And pain away and break And slip In many hourful whiles."

Example

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"The silver tufts of grass have fed the air with hourfuls of mealy ferine smells and hot-backed buzzards, eagles and vultures must have chased their murderous shadows through the bush"

Etymology

From hour + -ful.

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