English edit

Etymology edit

spell +‎ -ful

Adjective edit

spellful (comparative more spellful, superlative most spellful)

  1. Abounding in spells or charms.
    • 1738, John Hoole, The Orlando of Ariosto:
      Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse,
      Each spelful mystery explain'd he views.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spellful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)