purrful

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adjective

Tending to or actively purring.

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Meanings

adjectivepurrful (comparative more purrful, superlative most purrful)

comparative more purrful · superlative most purrful

  1. Tending to or actively purring.

    8 months old, tortoise-shell coloring, have had shots, been spayed; one is forward, friendly, purrful, other is shy, withdrawn.

    1979 April 28, Lester, “Two Lesbian Sister Cats (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 22

Origin

From purr + -ful.

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APA

purrful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purrful

MLA

“purrful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purrful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purrful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purrful.

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