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† ˈgameful, a. Obs.
Also 3 gome(n)ful(le, 4–7 gam(e)full.
[f. game n. + -ful.]
1. Joyful, playful, sportive, jesting.
c1205Lay. 21430 Þa loh Arður..and þus ȝeddien agon mid gomenfulle worden. a1225St. Marher. 10 Icham gomeful ant gled lauerd of thi godlec. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. lxxix. (1495) 831 Wyse and wytty kynde makyth to vs gamefull thynges and wonderfull to shewe his myght. a1627Middleton Chaste Maid iii. iii, Which will make tedious years seem gameful to me. 1725Pope Odyss. xix. 667 But my remnant life Heaven shall determine in a gameful strife.
2. Fond of field sports.
1704D'Urfey Heir Adopted 272 The gameful Prince to sports inclin'd..Did Hawking most prefer.
3. Abounding in game.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 290 Of gamefull parks, of meadows fresh. 1695Blackmore Pr. Arth. iv. 574 For warlike Toil he leaves the gameful Wood. 1704Pope Windsor For. 95 Now range the hills, the gameful woods beset.
Hence ˈgamefully adv., playfully, jestingly.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 111 A preost..seide in game ‘Why chese ȝe nouȝt me myself?’ Whos gaume oþere nouȝt takynge gamfully [etc.]. |