taleful

English

Etymology

From tale +‎ -ful.

Adjective

taleful (comparative more taleful, superlative most taleful)

  1. Abounding with stories.
    • 1798, James Thomson, Winter:
      The cottage hind / Hangs o'er th'enlivening blaze, and taleful there / Recounts his simple frolic.
    • 1807, Select Collection of Poems:
      To see the houshold flock around the fire, The children listening to the taleful Sire, To hear the song— harmless sports to join, Live o'er past days, and call these blessings mine!
    • 1960, Calcutta Review:
      Because democracy is not an upstart which is backed by no good pedigree and tradition. The history of democracy is fairly long and quite taleful too.
    • 2004, Bode Osanyin, Seraro and Joy, page 225:
      Would her taleful past that delimited her present project into her taleful future - or taleless!
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