Meanings
comparative more batful · superlative most batful · alternative obsolete batfull
- dialectalobsoleteRich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]
1612, Michael Drayton, “Song 3”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC, page 47
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old English*batfull
- Middle Englishbatful
- Englishbatful
From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).
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