Lightful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of light; bright. poetic

    "formlesse eyes doe faile / To see the sun, though brought to lightfull land."

  2. 2
    Light; cheerful.

Synonyms

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light

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"formlesse eyes doe faile / To see the sun, though brought to lightfull land."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lightful, lihtful (“luminous, providing enlightenment”), from light, liht (noun) + -ful (“full of (a feeling)”, suffix forming adjectives). See more at light (noun).

Etymology 2

From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + -ful (“full of, having”, adjective).

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