[1895–1900; push + -ful]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwind, frame of reference, freewheel, hit-and-run, neon-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)