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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡeɪmfʊl/, /ˈɡeɪmfəl/ Forms: more gameful [comparative], most gameful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English gameful, gamful; equivalent to game + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gameful}} Middle English gameful, {{m|enm|gamful}} gamful, {{suffix|en|game|ful|pos=adjective}} game + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} gameful (comparative more gameful, superlative most gameful)
  1. (archaic) Full of game (prey for a hunter). Tags: archaic Synonyms: game-filled
    Sense id: en-gameful-en-adj-7B9eEZen Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 41 18 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 5 21 6 3 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 46 12 16 13 13
  2. Characteristic of prey; game-like.
    Sense id: en-gameful-en-adj-C6vkyGpH
  3. Having the characteristics of a game that can be played.
    Sense id: en-gameful-en-adj-m8A9rbsF
  4. Pertaining to games.
    Sense id: en-gameful-en-adj-IZC18EJ~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡeɪmfʊl/, /ˈɡeɪmfəl/ Forms: gamefuls [plural]
Etymology: game + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|game|ful|pos=noun}} game + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} gameful (plural gamefuls)
  1. A quantity found in a game.
    Sense id: en-gameful-en-noun-qRsTnBlU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈɡaːmful/, /ˈɡamful/
Etymology: From game + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|game|-ful}} game + -ful Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} gameful, {{enm-adj}} gameful
  1. mirthful, merry Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: gamful, gomeful, gomenfull

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gamful"
    },
    {
      "word": "gomeful"
    },
    {
      "word": "gomenfull"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gameful"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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