housefuln.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌfʊl/

Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: house n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + -ful suffix.

A quantity (of people) that fills a house; as much or as many as a house can hold. Frequently with of.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a building

housefulc1300

shopful1613

churchful1779

stableful1834

officeful1845

warehouseful1859

coteful1865

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1067 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 137 (MED) Alle þe pouere men..to þe mete he drovȝ..he let heom Alle fede wel, a gret hous-ful neiȝ.

c1400 Simonie (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 357 So mych shal a pore man pay..Þat haþ an housful of chyldre sittyng abowt þe flete.

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists §13 The tumultuarie Discipline of the refined house-full at Amsterdam.

1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Sept. (1972) VI. 233 The whole houseful there at Cards.

1734 London Mag. Mar. 132/1 Having strip'd the Child stark naked before an Houseful of Company, he beat it in so terrible a Manner, that he left it for dead on the Floor.

1752 Spring-garden Jrnl. 1 14 She requites him with a Houseful of Wits, Fiddlers, and Coxcombs.

1842 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 96 A housefull of the most delightful children.

1867 C. Dickens Let. 1 Jan. (1999) XI. 293 Having my annual family house-ful, I have, as yet, seen nothing.

1921 H. Crane Let. 25 Dec. (1965) 75 We have a houseful of indiscriminate relatives and it has been hard to collect myself.

1979 M. Leigh Abigail's Party i, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 23 I think he was a little bit worried that I'd invite all my friends, and they'd bring along a few of theirs, and we'd end up with a houseful.

2002 D. B. Mason Men with Brooms i. i. 9 It had been, even all those years ago, a crucial goal for them both—to have a houseful of rug rats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	houseful
释义	housefuln. Brit. /ˈhaʊsfʊl/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌfʊl/ Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: house n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < house n.¹ + -ful suffix. A quantity (of people) that fills a house; as much or as many as a house can hold. Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a building housefulc1300 shopful1613 churchful1779 stableful1834 officeful1845 warehouseful1859 coteful1865 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1067 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 137 (MED) Alle þe pouere men..to þe mete he drovȝ..he let heom Alle fede wel, a gret hous-ful neiȝ. c1400 Simonie (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 357 So mych shal a pore man pay..Þat haþ an housful of chyldre sittyng abowt þe flete. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists §13 The tumultuarie Discipline of the refined house-full at Amsterdam. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Sept. (1972) VI. 233 The whole houseful there at Cards. 1734 London Mag. Mar. 132/1 Having strip'd the Child stark naked before an Houseful of Company, he beat it in so terrible a Manner, that he left it for dead on the Floor. 1752 Spring-garden Jrnl. 1 14 She requites him with a Houseful of Wits, Fiddlers, and Coxcombs. 1842 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 96 A housefull of the most delightful children. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 1 Jan. (1999) XI. 293 Having my annual family house-ful, I have, as yet, seen nothing. 1921 H. Crane Let. 25 Dec. (1965) 75 We have a houseful of indiscriminate relatives and it has been hard to collect myself. 1979 M. Leigh Abigail's Party i, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 23 I think he was a little bit worried that I'd invite all my friends, and they'd bring along a few of theirs, and we'd end up with a houseful. 2002 D. B. Mason Men with Brooms i. i. 9 It had been, even all those years ago, a crucial goal for them both—to have a houseful of rug rats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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