fulle
Middle English
Etymology 1
A variant of fille (“fill, sufficiency”) influenced by ful, reinforced by the Western Middle English development of Old English /y/ to /u/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈful(ə)/
Noun
fulle (uncountable)
- The totality or entirety of something.
- A sufficient amount; the state of satiation.
- A desired amount; the state of satisfaction.
- Profusion, surfeit; a state of plenty.
- (rare) The apex or culmination of something.
References
- “fulle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʊlə/
- Hyphenation: ful‧le
- Rhymes: -ʊlə
Swedish
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