lifeful

American  

[lahyf-fuhl] / ˈlaɪf fəl /

adjective

1. full of life; lively; animated.

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Etymology

Origin of lifeful

First recorded in 1175–1225, lifeful is from the Middle English word lifful. See life, -ful

Example Sentences

And, above all this lifeful uproar of the animal creation, a loud laugh rang out.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

Any one, however, might see they would present beautiful landscapes, when the sun called forth the field-flowers, made the forests lifeful, and gilded the water.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

Go through with a lifeful of winters like the last!

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

I just don't know if a woman can stand alone, for that's what it would come to afterward, against a whole lifeful of misjudgment.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

She put him into the bed, then quietly bathed herself, filled his stocking with the candies she had bought, and lay down beside him,—her limbs growing weaker, but her brain more lifeful, vivid, intent.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various