beadful

beadful

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

beadful (comparative more beadful, superlative most beadful)

1. (obsolete) Prayerful.
2. Full of or having beads; beaded
   • 1918, International Railway Journal - Volume 26:

     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.

Noun

beadful (plural beadfuls)

1. The amount contained in a bead
   • 1958, George Worthington, Factory - Volume 116:

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

Anagrams

• leaf bud, leafbud