fishful
English
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editfishful (comparative more fishful, superlative most fishful)
- Abounding in fish.
- Synonym: fish-filled
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
- Thus mean in state, and calm in sprite,
My fishful pond is my delight.
- 1856, John O'Donovan, Annala Rioghachta Eireann, page 97:
- The earth brought forth its fruit; fishful its river-mouths; milkful the kine; heavy-headed the woods.
Translations
editabounding in fish — see fish-filled