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).[1] See more at light (noun).

Adjective

lightful (comparative more lightful, superlative most lightful)

(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)

Light; cheerful.

Derived terms

lightfulness (noun)

References

“lightful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 21 November 2019.

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

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[1] “lightful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 21 November 2019.