brimful

English edit

From brim +‎ -ful.

brimful (not comparable)

Filled to maximum capacity.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
  So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
  The spelling has been modernized.

filled to overflowing

brim +‎ -ful

brimful (plural brimfuls)

The maximum amount a container can hold.
- 2001, P. Koslowski, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 17:
  If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion.
- 2012, Thaddeus Hatter, Malice in Wonderland: What Every Law Student Should Have for the Trip, The Fine Print Press, →ISBN:
  As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin .
(figurative) A large amount.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
- 1997, Tjinder Singh (lyrics and music), “Brimful Of Asha”, performed by Cornershop:
  Brimful of Asha on the forty-five / Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
- 2002, Hayley Ann Solomon, A Scandalous Connection, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
  Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.