lightful

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹfo͝ol
• Hyphenation: light‧ful

Etymology 1

From Middle English lightful, lihtful (“luminous, providing enlightenment”), from light, liht (noun) +‎ -ful (“full of (a feeling)”, suffix forming adjectives). See more at light (noun).

Adjective

lightful (comparative more lightful, superlative most lightful)

1. (poetic) Full of light; bright.

Derived terms

• lightfulness (noun)

Etymology 2

From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) +‎ -ful (“full of, having”, adjective).

Adjective

lightful (comparative more lightful, superlative most lightful)

1. Light; cheerful.

Derived terms

• lightfulness (noun)

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “lightful”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.