gladful
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English gladful, equivalent to glad + -ful.
Adjective edit
gladful (comparative more gladful, superlative most gladful)
- Full of gladness; happy; full of joy.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- ornaments, / King Ryence caused to be hanged hy / In his chiefe Church, for endlesse moniments / Of his successe and gladfull victory [...].
- 2004, Cheryl J. Franklin, Tales of the Taormin:
- I was relieved and sorry, gladful and hurt.
- 2008, George Brown, Jr., Herman J. Ridder:
- And it's that gladful repetition that music and Word together can enhance in bringing praise to God.