Meanings
lightful1
comparative more lightful · superlative most lightful
- poeticFull of light; bright.
formlesse eyes doe faile / To see the sun, though brought to lightfull land.
a. 1599 (date written), Mary Sidney, “Psalm LVIII”, in The Psalmes of David […], London: From the Chiswick Press by C[harles] Whittingham, for Robert Triphook, […], published 1823, →OCLC, page 1012 more examples
His lightfull Lamp reflected on my head, / Whereby I walkt through Darkneſs
a. 1619 (date written), [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “A Divine and True Tragi-comedy; Iob Triumphant in His Triall: Or The Historie of His Heroicall Patience. In a Measured Metaphrase. The Third Book..”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], London: […] Robert Young, published 1633, →OCLC, page 470[The door] had a gloomy and surly aspect, but the hall within was lightful and airy
1889, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co […], →OCLC, page 164
lightful2
comparative more lightful · superlative most lightful
- Light; cheerful.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
lightful · adjective
- Middle Englishlightful
- Englishlightful
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).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →lightful · adjective
From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + -ful (“full of, having”, adjective).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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