measurefuln.

Brit.

/ˈmɛʒəfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈmɛʒərˌfʊl/

Forms: 1800s measure-full, 1800s– measureful.

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

Etymology: < measure n. + -ful suffix.

A quantity of something (esp. a liquid) determined by filling a measure of volume (measure n. 5a).

ΘΚΠ

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

measureful1851

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. i. 3 The largest measure-full in your house... This is not the season for half-pint mugs.

1861 H. L. Scott Mil. Dict. 409 One measureful of each shall be a full average dose for an adult.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 14 He watched her pour into the measure and thence into the jug rich white milk... She poured again a measureful and a tilly.

1968 Statistician 18 232 We used a 5 × 5 Graeco-Latin square design to test the effects of Lux, Persil, Tide, Flash..and no powder as a control, adding three ‘measurefuls’ (where the ‘measure’ gave a volume of something between a piled dessertspoonful and piled tablespoonful).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	measureful
释义	measurefuln. Brit. /ˈmɛʒəfʊl/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒərˌfʊl/ Forms: 1800s measure-full, 1800s– measureful. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measure n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < measure n. + -ful suffix. A quantity of something (esp. a liquid) determined by filling a measure of volume (measure n. 5a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount which fills a measure measureful1851 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. i. 3 The largest measure-full in your house... This is not the season for half-pint mugs. 1861 H. L. Scott Mil. Dict. 409 One measureful of each shall be a full average dose for an adult. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 14 He watched her pour into the measure and thence into the jug rich white milk... She poured again a measureful and a tilly. 1968 Statistician 18 232 We used a 5 × 5 Graeco-Latin square design to test the effects of Lux, Persil, Tide, Flash..and no powder as a control, adding three ‘measurefuls’ (where the ‘measure’ gave a volume of something between a piled dessertspoonful and piled tablespoonful). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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