Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-ful
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.

Obsolete

noun

As much as a book holds.

Example Sentences

"The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head."

Etymology

From book + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: book

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more bookful (comparative) most bookful (superlative) bookfuls (plural) booksful (plural)

Questions

What does bookful mean?: Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
Where does bookful come from?: From book + -ful.

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