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Etymology

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From pith +‎ -ful.

Adjective

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pithful (comparative more pithful, superlative most pithful)

  1. Full of pith.
    • 1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: [] Iohn Haviland, published 1625, →OCLC, page 128:
      For as in tracing / Theſe pithfull Ruſhes, ſuch as are aloft, / By thoſe that rais'd them preſently are brought / Beneath vnſeene: []

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