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Webster 1913 Edition


Earnful

Earn′ful

,
Adj.
[From
Earn
to yearn.]
Full of anxiety or yearning.
[Obs.]
P. Fletcher.

Webster 1828 Edition


Earnful

EARNFUL

,
Adj.
ern'ful. Full of anxiety. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


earnful

earnful

English

Adjective

earnful (comparative more earnful, superlative most earnful)

  1. (obsolete) Full of anxiety or yearning.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of P. Fletcher to this entry?)
    Hereat the prince of prowess [] did groaning fetch a deep and earnful sigh.