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brim-full, brimful, a.
(see below)
Orig. written as two words.
[f. brim n.2 + full: properly pronounced (ˈbrɪmˈfʊl); cf. half full, quite full, and the like; erroneously |ˈbrɪmfʊl|, by association with adjs. like mindful.]
1. Full to the brim; on the point of overflowing.
1530Palsgr. 307/1 Brimfull, plain. 1542Recorde Gr. Artes (1640) 401 [Archimedes] putting the Crowne..into the vessel of water brim full..marked, how much water did run out. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 67 His Eye brim⁓full of Teares. 1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 516 A little Box, which I filled Brim full. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 51 Yet it is always brim full. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 88 Her eyes with tears brim full. 1860Kingsley Misc. I. 173 Rivers..brimful in the longest droughts.
b. Of the eyes: Full of tears. (This appears to be always ˈbrimful in the poets: cf. tearful.)
1700Dryden Sigism. & Guisc. 681 Her brimful eyes, that ready stood..Released their watery store. 1786Burns Farewell St. James's Lodge, With melting heart, and brimful eye.
2. fig.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 116/2 Brimme full of venime against God. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 214 The peoples hearts brim-full of feare. 1706Reflex. upon Ridicule 292 A woman brim-full with the notion of her beauty. 1794Gold. Age in Poet. Register (1807) 401 And sing, brimful of thee, in tuneful strain. 1830Tennyson Dream Fair Women 12 My heart, Brimful of those wild tales. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxxvii, Brimfull of health, and life, and hope. 1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. ii. ii. 234. |