earnful
English
Alternative forms
earnfull
Etymology
From earn + -ful, from earn (“to yearn”).
Adjective
earnful (comparative more earnful, superlative most earnful)
- (obsolete) Full of anxiety or yearning.
- Synonym: yearnful
- 1633, Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues:
- Hereat the prince of prowess […] did groaning fetch a deep and earnful sigh.
References
- “earnful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.