chairful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person (of a particular quality) that sits in a chair.
adj
Example Sentences
- "Then came a mixed party, that increased the audience to twelve chairsful, and in the few moments that followed there was such a steady procession of boys and girls, that Tom literally had his hands full."
- "There will be no chairful of girlishness reading Bertha M. Clay, nor a rockerful of grandma knitting, nor a stoolful of big sister strumming " Forgotten.""
- "Whether you're talking to a chairful, a roomful or a nation full of people, the principles of human communication are the same."
- "Bialik pointed at him and murmured in my ear: "A chairful of Jew.""
- "If you practice in an exclusive area and have chairfuls of well-healed clients, this axiom probably does not apply."
- "A chairful of hot blonde had taken up residence, and over her giggles and squeals, Neil made sure to catch Sophia's eye."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English chairful From chair + -ful.