Etymology

lightful

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Today it means: Full of light; bright. Full definition →

Middle English lightful
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lightful · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromlightful
  2. English todaylightful

From Middle English lightful, lihtful (“luminous, providing enlightenment”), from light, liht (noun) + -ful (“full of (a feeling)”, suffix forming adjectives). See more at light (noun).

lightful · adjective2

From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + -ful (“full of, having”, adjective).

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