beadful

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bedeful, equivalent to bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) +‎ -ful.

Adjective

beadful (comparative more beadful, superlative most beadful)

  1. (obsolete) Prayerful.
  2. Full of or having beads; beaded
    • 1918, International Railway Journal, volume 26:
      Choice lay between the red and green pillow with the beadwork dog, and the thinner patchwork one with written names scrawling over it; and the beadful dog won out.

Etymology 2

bead +‎ -ful

Noun

beadful (plural beadfuls)

  1. The amount contained in a bead
    • 1958, George Worthington, Factory - Volume 116:
      This "beadful" of fluid caused eventual peeling of the paint.

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