brimfuladj.

(see below)

Forms: Also brim-full.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brim n.², full adj.

Etymology: < brim n.² + full adj. N.E.D. (1888) comments: ‘properly pronounced (bri·mˌfu·l) /ˈbrɪmˈfʊl/; compare half full, quite full, and the like; erroneously (bri·mful) /ˈbrɪmfʊl/, by association with adjectives like mindful’.

a. Full to the brim; on the point of overflowing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim

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bret-fullc1200

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chock-fullc1440

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full-brimmed1614

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jam-full1835

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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 307/1 Brimfull, plain.

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Z.vi [Archimedes] puttyng the croune..into the vessell of water brymfull..marked howe muche water dyd run out.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 62 His Eye, brim-full [1600 eye-brimme full] of Teares.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 516 A little Box, which I filled Brim full.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 50 Yet it is always brim full.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 18 Her eye with tears brimfull.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) 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 adj. 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > [adjective] > excretion from eyes

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beteareda1586

moist1600

swellinga1616

brimful1700

moist-eyed1797

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 148 Her brim-full Eyes, that ready stood..Releas'd their watry Store.

1786 R. Burns Poems 228 With melting heart, and brimful eye.

2. figurative.

ΚΠ

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 116/2 Brimme full of venime against God.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 207 The peoples hearts brim full of feare.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 292 A Woman brim-full with the Notion of her Beauty.

1794 Gold. Age in Poet. Register (1807) 401 And sing, brimful of thee, in tuneful strain.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vii, in Poems (new ed.) 124 My heart, Brimful of those wild tales.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 375 Brim-full of health, and life, and hope.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. ii. ii. 234.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	brimful
释义	brimfuladj. (see below) Forms: Also brim-full. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brim n.², full adj. Etymology: < brim n.² + full adj. N.E.D. (1888) comments: ‘properly pronounced (bri·mˌfu·l) /ˈbrɪmˈfʊl/; compare half full, quite full, and the like; erroneously (bri·mful) /ˈbrɪmfʊl/, by association with adjectives like mindful’. 1. a. Full to the brim; on the point of overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim brerd-fullc1000 bret-fullc1200 staff-fulla1400 chock-fullc1440 brimful1530 brink-full1553 top-full1553 brim-charged1582 bankfullc1600 crowned1603 full-brimmed1614 brimmed1624 teemful1673 brimming1697 stock-full1782 throat-fulla1800 jam-full1835 cram-full1837 stodge-full1847 chockc1850 top-filled1860 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 307/1 Brimfull, plain. 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Z.vi [Archimedes] puttyng the croune..into the vessell of water brymfull..marked howe muche water dyd run out. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 62 His Eye, brim-full [1600 eye-brimme full] of Teares. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 516 A little Box, which I filled Brim full. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 50 Yet it is always brim full. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 18 Her eye with tears brimfull. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) 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 adj. 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > [adjective] > excretion from eyes wetc1275 beteareda1586 moist1600 swellinga1616 brimful1700 moist-eyed1797 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 148 Her brim-full Eyes, that ready stood..Releas'd their watry Store. 1786 R. Burns Poems 228 With melting heart, and brimful eye. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 116/2 Brimme full of venime against God. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 207 The peoples hearts brim full of feare. View more context for this quotation 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 292 A Woman brim-full with the Notion of her Beauty. 1794 Gold. Age in Poet. Register (1807) 401 And sing, brimful of thee, in tuneful strain. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vii, in Poems (new ed.) 124 My heart, Brimful of those wild tales. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 375 Brim-full of health, and life, and hope. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. ii. ii. 234. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1530
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