- bookful
- noun see book I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bookful
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Bookful — Book ful, n. As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak. a. Filled with book learning. [R.] The bookful blockhead. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bookful — noun As much as a book holds … Wiktionary
bookful — bookˈful adjective Full of information gathered from books • • • Main Entry: ↑book … Useful english dictionary
Blockhead — Block head , n. [Block + head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. [1913 Webster] The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
book — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter Date: before 12th century 1. a. a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory b. a set of written, printed, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
lumber — 1. noun /ˈlʌm.bə,ˈlʌm.bɚ/ a) Wood intended as a building material. Here they live by fishing on the most plentiful coasts in the world; there they fell trees, by the sides of large rivers, for masts and lumber; b) Useless things that are stored… … Wiktionary
-FUL — comb. form forming: 1 adjectives from nouns, meaning: a full of (beautiful). b having the qualities of (masterful). 2 adjectives from adjectives or Latin stems with little change of sense (direful; grateful). 3 adjectives from verbs, meaning apt… … Useful english dictionary
carpetmonger — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) obsolete : a frequenter of boudoirs : gallant a whole bookful of these quondam carpetmongers Shakespeare * * * carˈpetmonger noun (Shakespeare) An effeminate person • • • … Useful english dictionary
lum|ber — lum|ber1 «LUHM buhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. timber that has been roughly cut into boards, planks, or beams and prepared for use: »Since 1920, the center of the lumber industry has been in the Pacific Northwest, with the South running a close second… … Useful english dictionary
