showful

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adjective

showy; gaudy

Scrabble 16

Meanings

showful1

adjectiveshowful (comparative more showful, superlative most showful)

comparative more showful · superlative most showful

  1. archaicshowy; gaudy

    […] rampant, useless growth, and mere showful foliage.

    1892, The Canadian Horticulturist, volume 15, page 227

showful2

nounshowful (plural showfuls or showsful)

plural showfuls · plural showsful

  1. Enough to fill a show.

    I can paint a showful of pictures here in six months.

    1941, John Collier, Presenting Moonshine
    2 more examples

    There's a merry assortment of two- and four- legged creatures in it and a showful of canine capers sure to retrieve your buried funny bone.

    1967, The New York Times Book Review - Volume 72, page 88

    Next stop was the host spot on a voyeuristic reality show that fed hungry mainstream audiences showfuls of ever more exotic deviances.

    2008, Camille de Toledo, Coming of Age at the End of History, page 4

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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