topful

English

Etymology

From top +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒpfʊl/

Adjective

topful (comparative more topful, superlative most topful)

1. (archaic) Full to the top; full to the brim.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

     Topful of direst cruelty.

   • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:

     So topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.

References

• “topful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• potful