Etymology

beadful

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Middle English bedeful
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beadful · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombedeful
  2. English todaybeadful

From Middle English bedeful, equivalent to bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) + -ful.

beadful · noun2

From bead + -ful.

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