[1605–15; disgust + -ful]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gothic, inverse, pivot, series, surface-ful is a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); or “as much as will fill” (spoonful)