brimful

or brim·full

[ brim-fool ]

adjective

1. full to the brim.

brimful

/ ˌbrɪmˈfʊl /

adjective

1. postpositive, foll byof filled up to the brim (with)

Other Words From

• brimfully adverb
• brimfulness brimfullness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brimful¹

First recorded in 1520–30; brim ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

He is small, alert, brimful of jokes and of years; seventy they say, but he neither looks it nor acts it.

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She looked all about; the whole face of nature looked back, brimful of meaning, finger on lip, leaking its glad secret.

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The characters are all brimful of wholesome human interest with Brenda as a paramount attraction.

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In a Court like that of Whitehall, brimful of wit and malice, such a man was treated as a clown.

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So saying, he filled him a brimful cup, which the coutelier drank off, and retired to do his patron's commission.

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