heavenful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

heaven +‎ -ful

Noun[edit]

heavenful (plural heavenfuls or heavensful)

  1. skyful
    • 1906, Perceval Gibbon, Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases[1]:
      He saw a heavenful of stars for a moment, and then saw nothing for a long time.
    • 1901, M.P. Shiel, The Purple Cloud[2]:
      And it was only when I had lain myself upon leaves for my bed, my head on my caftan, a rill for my lullaby, and two stars, which alone I could see out of the heavenful, for my watch-lights; and only when my eyes were already closed toward slumber, that a sudden strong thought pierced and woke me: for I remembered that Leda was the name of a Greek woman who had borne twins.