beadful

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adjective

Prayerful.

OriginMiddle English bedeful →
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Meanings

beadful1

adjectivebeadful (comparative more beadful, superlative most beadful)

comparative more beadful · superlative most beadful

  1. obsoletePrayerful.
  2. Full of or having beads; beaded

    Choice lay between the red and green pillow with the beadwork dog, and the thinner patchwork one with written names scrawling over it; and the beadful dog won out.

    1918, International Railway Journal, volume 26

beadful2

nounbeadful (plural beadfuls)

plural beadfuls

  1. The amount contained in a bead

    This "beadful" of fluid caused eventual peeling of the paint.

    1958, George Worthington, Factory - Volume 116

Origin

beadful · adjective

  1. Middle Englishbedeful
  2. Englishbeadful

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

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beadful · noun

From bead + -ful.

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APA

beadful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadful

MLA

“beadful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beadful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadful.

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