Leaful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of faith; believing. obsolete
  2. 2
    Faithful. Scotland, archaic, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English leful, lefful, leafful, from Old English lēaffull, ġelēafful (“full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful”), equivalent to leave + -ful. Cognate with Scots leful, levefull (“right, permissible, legal, just”).

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