"lightful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more lightful [comparative], most lightful [superlative]
enPR: lītʹfo͝ol Etymology: From Middle English lightful, lihtful (“luminous, providing enlightenment”), from light, liht (noun) + -ful (“full of (a feeling)”, suffix forming adjectives). See more at light (noun). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lightful}} Middle English lightful, {{affix|enm|liht|-ful|nocat=1|pos=adjective|pos1=noun|pos2=suffix forming adjectives|t2=full of (a feeling)}} liht (noun) + -ful (“full of (a feeling)”, suffix forming adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lightful (comparative more lightful, superlative most lightful)
  1. (poetic) Full of light; bright. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-lightful-en-adj-~Pif4KtP Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lightfulness [noun]
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: more lightful [comparative], most lightful [superlative]
enPR: lītʹfo͝ol Etymology: From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + -ful (“full of, having”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|-ful|pos=adjective|pos1=adjective|pos2=adjective|t1=not weighed down|t2=full of, having}} light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + -ful (“full of, having”, adjective) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lightful (comparative more lightful, superlative most lightful)
  1. Light; cheerful.
    Sense id: en-lightful-en-adj--JrrNACC Categories (other): Light Disambiguation of Light: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lightfulness [noun]
Etymology number: 2
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