workful

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English workvol, from Old English weorcful (“active, industrious”), equivalent to work +‎ -ful.

Adjective[edit]

workful (comparative more workful, superlative most workful)

  1. (rare) Full of activity or work; laborious; industrious.
    • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times: A Novel:
      You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=workful&oldid=73086000"