brimful

or brim·full

[ brim-fool ]
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adjective
  1. full to the brim.

Origin of brimful

1
First recorded in 1520–30; brim1 + -ful

Other words from brimful

  • brimfully, adverb
  • brimfulness, brimfullness, noun

Words Nearby brimful

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How to use brimful in a sentence

  • So saying, he filled him a brimful cup, which the coutelier drank off, and retired to do his patron's commission.

    Quentin Durward | Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for brimful

brimful

brimfull

/ (ˌbrɪmˈfʊl) /


adjective
  1. (postpositive, foll by of) filled up to the brim (with)

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