skyfuln.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪfəl/

Forms: see sky n.¹ and -ful suffix.

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

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare earlier heavenful n.

A quantity that fills the sky; as much or as many of something as the sky can hold.

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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 other specific things

sheetful?1530

streetful1595

rangeful1603

stringful1611

heavenful1637

hellful1637

skyful1645

gardenful1651

paperful1722

ropeful1726

notchful1733

breathful1815

cityful1826

forestful1832

worldful1835

treeful1837

spongeful1867

stackful1868

balloonful1870

fairful1872

socketful1872

valleyful1890

universeful1893

slingful1913

pawful1925

1645 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer iii. vi. 99 Contented to part with a skie-full of Starres for one Sunne.

1830 Atlas 26 Sept. 634/2 Look at the owl—there is gravity enough in that bird of wisdom to make up for the levity of a whole sky-full of larks.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxviii. 309 A firmament of light,..resembling a sky-full of meteors close at hand.

1910 R. Kipling Rewards & Fairies 152 Presently I heard guns... I stopped fiddling to listen, and I heard a whole skyful o' French up in the fog.

1974 Sci. News 2 Feb. 68/1 The lights studded your visual field like a skyful of stars.

2015 Northern Echo (Nexis) 19 Mar. At 9.34am today, when 90 per cent of the sun will be obscured, I expect to be looking at a skyful of clouds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skyful
释义	skyfuln. Brit. /ˈskʌɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈskaɪfəl/ Forms: see sky n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sky n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < sky n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare earlier heavenful n. A quantity that fills the sky; as much or as many of something as the sky can hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things sheetful?1530 streetful1595 rangeful1603 stringful1611 heavenful1637 hellful1637 skyful1645 gardenful1651 paperful1722 ropeful1726 notchful1733 breathful1815 cityful1826 forestful1832 worldful1835 treeful1837 spongeful1867 stackful1868 balloonful1870 fairful1872 socketful1872 valleyful1890 universeful1893 slingful1913 pawful1925 1645 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer iii. vi. 99 Contented to part with a skie-full of Starres for one Sunne. 1830 Atlas 26 Sept. 634/2 Look at the owl—there is gravity enough in that bird of wisdom to make up for the levity of a whole sky-full of larks. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxviii. 309 A firmament of light,..resembling a sky-full of meteors close at hand. 1910 R. Kipling Rewards & Fairies 152 Presently I heard guns... I stopped fiddling to listen, and I heard a whole skyful o' French up in the fog. 1974 Sci. News 2 Feb. 68/1 The lights studded your visual field like a skyful of stars. 2015 Northern Echo (Nexis) 19 Mar. At 9.34am today, when 90 per cent of the sun will be obscured, I expect to be looking at a skyful of clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645
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