Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bat-ful
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more batful (comparative) most batful (superlative) batfull (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

batten battle

Questions

What does batful mean?
Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
Where does batful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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