Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hair-ful
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by fullness of hair; hairy.

noun

The amount (of hair) typical in a head of hair.

Example Sentences

"In appearance he is a hairful gnome, born to ghost the fringes of rock and roll culture."
"As you can see, I am far less hairful than an ape."
"The cinema advertisements were spectacular, since local audiences seemed to be impressed by commercials only if they lasted at least two minutes and included stunning action shots, dashing men laden with hairfuls of Brylcreem, fast cars and sexy girls."
"Largely because you've now got a hairful of finely sprayed boiling hot musician's shit."
"He growls to reach a necktie and dress for the table while she climbs him, hairful by hairful."
"He reached out, grabbed a hairful of hair, and pulled."

Etymology

From hair + -ful.

Inflected Forms

more hairful (comparative) most hairful (superlative) hairfuls (plural)

Derived Forms

hairfulness

Questions

What does hairful mean?: Characterised by fullness of hair; hairy.
Where does hairful come from?: From hair + -ful.

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