Etymology

purseful

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Today it means: As much as a purse can hold. Full definition →

Middle English pursfull
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompursfull
  2. English todaypurseful

From Middle English pursfull, porsful, equivalent to purse + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.